On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 07:09:51AM -0800, Alan Kay wrote:
> I think the construct that is most like you are looking for would be 
> to type the following into a workspace and execute them with a "cmd 
> (or alt) d":
> 
> foo _ 'hello'.
> bar _ 'world'.
> baz _ { foo. bar}.
> 
> If you then type
> 
> baz
> 
> and execute this with a "print it" -- a "cmd (or alt) d", then you will see
> 
> #('hello' 'world')

We're on different wavelengths or I'm a bit obtuse today ;)  That would be
what I was looking for if there was a way to examine the array and figure
out the 'hello'--foo relation.  Or is there a way?

I'll restate my problem again.

     $a = "hello";
     $b = "world";
     $c = "a";
     print $$c;     # references $a, and therferoe prints hello
     $c = "b";
     print $$c;     # and now prints world

That is: find the value of a variable, referencing that variable by the
means of a string with its name.

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