Re: OK what does ` mean - seriously seems to be not documented.
- Posted by _tom (admin) May 07, 2014
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Bill
What programming language did you learn before Euphoria? Each language has a mindset.
Euphoria has no string data-type. But, Euphoria has the flexibility to work strings as if there were a string data-type. The as if part is interesting; everything works like a sequence without regard for data values.
If you "think string data-type" (lots of language examples here):
word = "dogs" + "bone" --> "dogsbone"
But, Euphoria is about sequences!
word = "dogs" & "bone" --> "dogsbone"
but
word = "dogs" + "bone" --> {198,222,213,216}
The "get it" part of Euphoria is seeing the flexibility of having everything as an object.
The lack of a string data-type has a few limitations. For example 1:1 indexing of a Unicode string is not always simple.
What is nonsense x = 'a' + 'b' in some languages is flexibility in Euphoria.
I am beginning to appreciate some of the "irritation" (I do no want to call you confused.) you are having with the Euphoria way of doing things. Coming up with a tutorial to clarify things will take some time...
To end with humor: Stop using Windows.
_tom
