OpenEuphoria

RE: a thought about sequences

• Posted by Andy Serpa <ac at onehorseshy.com> Aug 17, 2003
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Andreas Rumpf wrote:
> 
> 
> A sequence can be everything: a tree, a table, a stack, a string, a 
> structure, an array of structures, etc, etc. While this is great, it has 
> 
> (like everything in life) a drawback: 
> Look at your source code, how often do you read 'sequence'? The word 
> becomes meaningless after some time. It is like in real languages: A 
> word that does mean everything is meaningless. I think, that's one 
> reason (among others) why other languages don't have a "one-does-it-all" 
> 
> type.
> 

First, you say you want a choice in the way you do things.  Now, 
Euphoria gives you too many choices -- it is too flexible.  Yes, 
everything in life has its drawbacks, but some of them are well worth 
it...