OpenEuphoria

Re: Pass by address

• Posted by Al Getz <xaxo at AOL.COM> Aug 16, 2000
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Thanks thats nice, but i'm currently working with Euphoria v2.0 public
domain release.  As you might recall, that version only has one
"call_back()" per program.  I hope to be able to get the newest verion soon.

As for the readability argument, i dont believe that stands:
Any program which provides a high degree of functionality is inherently
"unreadable".  Any program which provides a small amount of functionaliy is
inherently readable in any language.  Thats why i think the "readability"
arguments are a crock.  I dont have a problem "reading" C++ code and that's
a far more advanced language--but as the functionality grows, so does the
readability diminish--an inverse relationship of sorts--you have to read
and understand an ever increasingly large chunk of code in order to get a
really good understanding of the program.
  If adding a variables address lookup function to the language breaks the
poor readabiliy camel's back i guess its time to hang up the keyboard.

Good languages grow.  They grow in search of more functionality coupled
with a concern for the needs expressed by programmers who use the language.
Languages that dont grow die out.  Case in point: QBasic.
In case you dont believe its dead, you havent tried Euphoria hee hee!
I'm all for increasing the functionality of the language to make the
programming task easier.

On the lighter side...

 "Romeo, oh Romeo, what makes thy programming task so difficult, Romeo?"
 "Not having that, which having, makes it easier."

  hee hee

  --Al Getz