On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 10:23:49AM +0100, Nicolas Cellier wrote:
> 2017-11-11 9:24 GMT+01:00 Tobias Pape <Das.Linux at gmx.de>:
> 
> >
> > > On 11.11.2017, at 08:59, Tobias Pape <Das.Linux at gmx.de> wrote:
> > >
> > > Interestingly, the streaming thing is more natural to me here than the
> > make-array-and-put.
> > > Some people I asked agree, some don't. Seemed to correlate with age,
> > tho??? ;P

I also find the streaming thing more natural, despite my advanced years and
early exposure to fortran and C.

But ultimately I am convinced by Nicolas' explanation.

> >
> > Should have said "correlate with what people where exposed first to", sorry
> >
> >
> :)
> Logically, punching cards should help developping a taste for an economy.
> Unfortunately, it was just an economy of punch...
> Maybe that's why we like those short words, to:, do:, at:
> 

This prompts me to remind everyone to load Bob Arning's excellent PunchdCard
morph from SqueakMap or http://www.squeaksource.com/PunchedCards. Every
modern image should have this. But I am dismayed to see that bit rot has
set in recently, and I can no longer punch holes in the cards by clicking
the mouse over the card columns, so this needs fixing.

No complaints though, the real card punches back in the day required
preventive maintenance, and it was not uncommon for them to just stop
punching properly. So I guess that an occasional malfunction is to be
expected for the PunchedCard morph, especially since I have not been
keeping up with its preventive schedule on new Squeak releases.

Dave