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[Axiom-developer] Re: help function (Waldek Hebisch)
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Themos Tsikas |
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[Axiom-developer] Re: help function (Waldek Hebisch) |
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Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:24:08 +0000 |
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I take the evolutionary approach: if it was A Good Idea it would have been
copied by now.
Best Regards
Themos Tsikas
> From: Waldek Hebisch <address@hidden>
> When I began to use Axiom closing parenthesis looked pointless and
> obscure to me. Now I can see reasons for using closing parenthesis
> and I think it is both obscure and ingenious. It is ingenious
> largely because of obscurity -- closing parenthesis at the
> beginning of the line rarely conflicts with other uses. However
> it is confusing at least for computer literate people -- we
> are trained that parenthesis should always match. It may
> be confusing for programs: once you put system command in
> a file simple editor functions to show matching parenthesis
> will behave strangely.
>
> Also, we have at least on bug report where closing parenthesis
> is user input is wrongly read as system command. And there
> are subtle differences between input taken from standard
> input, input read via read command and Shoe (old Boot and
> Spad use the same handler so they should be compatible).
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- [Axiom-developer] Re: help function (Waldek Hebisch),
Themos Tsikas <=
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: help function (Waldek Hebisch), Gabriel Dos Reis, 2007/09/05
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: help function (Waldek Hebisch), Martin Rubey, 2007/09/05
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: help function (Waldek Hebisch), Waldek Hebisch, 2007/09/05
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: help function (Waldek Hebisch), Gabriel Dos Reis, 2007/09/05
- Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: help function (Waldek Hebisch), Martin Rubey, 2007/09/05