Re: 1 pass?
Robert Craig wrote:
>I didn't feel that making mutual recursion easier to code
>was important enough to justify destroying the
>"define it before you use it" property of Euphoria.
>This property helps readability and maintainability.
>It's not there just because Euphoria works in one-pass.
Rob,
I realize, you feel quite strongly about this "define it before you
use it" thing, you mentioned it already several times. But I urge you
to think about it again, and I hope you will eventually see it has
absolutely nothing to do with readability or maintainability of the
code. In my view, to put it quite bluntly, it is simply a convenience
for the compiler designer and an unnecessary restriction imposed on
the user. In the end it comes down to one's favourite programming
style, 'top-to-bottom', or 'bottom-up', or whatever the labels are. A
lot of programmers, including myself, find it much more natural to
start with the broad picture at the top and gradually refine the
texture, fill in the gaps. And with the speed of modern compilers,
including yours, I do not care where it flags an unresolved reference,
whether it is at beginning, in the middle, or at the very end of the
program. Jiri
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