[OT] Writing a parser for BASIC in Smalltalk/Squeak ? (<CSOTD
> included)
Bijan Parsia
bparsia at email.unc.edu
Thu Jan 10 03:46:45 UTC 2002
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Tim Rowledge wrote:
[snip]
> Does anyone really think that it is _proper_ that
> | m n |
> n := 2.
> m := 3.
> n := m + (m := n).
EVIL!
> gives a different answer to
> | m n |
> n := 2.
> m := 3.
> m := n.
> n := m + m.
> ??
Yes, so that people will be discouraged from doing the former, though if
they wrote it in the first place they might be beyond hope.
(Note: this is humor, and if you actually did write the first
version...uh...well...You Still Should Be Punished!!!)
Let's make it a *syntax* error! ;)
Cheers,
Bijan Parsia.
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