Dan,
Perhaps we are in perfect agreement, just expressing it differently...
I could not argue with the way you have expressed it here.
Dennis
On Jun 24, 2005, at 1:09 AM, Dan Shafer wrote:
Dennis.....
You make some excellent points. I don't think that *my* programming
needs should drive the direction of the language or the tool. And
I'm certainly not opposed even to *major* extensions and
enhancements of the language. My only real sticking point is that
if and when new things are added, they be done in a way that is as
cross-platform as possible, as innocuous to coders for other
platforms as feasible, and implemented in a way that keeps the
consistent flavor and style of xTalk, including its verbosity.
Verbosity is a virtue in my mind. Not only does it make code more
readable and therefore maintainable, but I can't tell you how many
times I've just sort of guessed at what command or property change
might have some desired effect only to have it behave exactly as
predicted. Only with xTalk and Python have I had that kind of
experience. And I love it!
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