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Re: Feature for next Eu

• Posted by Jason Gade <jgade at NETZERO.NET> Nov 12, 1999
• 742 views

Hey, Rod.  I'm with you here, both on the "add syntax" thing and on the
SEQUENCE.E thing.

One function that is needed is the 'sum' function.

J.

-----Original Message-----
From: Roderick Jackson <rjackson at CSIWEB.COM>
To: EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Date: Thursday, November 11, 1999 3:12 PM
Subject: Feature for next Eu


>Well, it looks like the 'add-this-syntax' thread has returned...
>
>I think I've made my views on most of the ideas presented in
>the thread known already ("no", for the most part.)
>
>However, I wish to present the case for something that should
>be simpler, a lot less controversial, and not requiring the
>grafting of a new paradigm into the language:
>
>   The 'remove' function.
>
>Basically, it would work like so...
>
>   x = {1,2,3,4,5}
>
>   x = remove (x,3) -- x is now {1,2,4,5}
>
>Now, I'm not demanding that this be made a new built-in
>function. Simply having it stuck in MISC.E would be
>fine (although honestly, it might be time for a
>SEQUENCE.E file.)
>
>The reason I ask for it is because I find myself having
>to rewrite the function for numerous programs and
>libraries. And of course, I usually make it local in
>any code I release... I figure that if *I* need it,
>other people's code that mine is to work with might
>have the function as well. Having several local copies
>of the same function, which is what I'm running into,
>usually shows that there's a better way to do things...
>
>In short, I think this would be a very nice addition to
>the next release's MISC.E file.
>
>(BTW - as to what other routines to include in a
>SEQUENCE.E file, should the idea be taken seriously, I
>would suggest:
>
>   insert (s,x,3)  --> s[1..2] & x & s[3..length(s)]
>   last (s,5)      --> the last 5 elements of s
>   reverse (s)     --> moved from MISC.E
>   sort (s)        --> moved from SORT.E
>   custom_sort (s) --> moved from SORT.E
>   dsort (s)       --> descending; eliminates 'call_func'
>   bfind (x,s)     --> find within a sorted sequence)
>
>
>Rod Jackson
>

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