On Aug 27, 2007, at 2:33 PM, John Almberg wrote:

> Well, if nothing else, this thread has been an excellent tutorial  
> in the use of the cascade.
>
> -- John (newbie)
>
>
> On Aug 27, 2007, at 1:27 AM, Jason Johnson wrote:
>
>> On 8/27/07, Igor Stasenko <siguctua at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Cascade is useful. It allows me to write code like that:
>>>                 ogl
>>>                 glTexParameteri: GLTexture2d with:  
>>> GLTextureMinFilter
>>> with: GLLinear;
>>>                 glTexParameteri: GLTexture2d with:  
>>> GLTextureMagFilter with: GLLinear;
>>>                 glTexParameteri: GLTexture2d with: GLTextureWrapS  
>>> with: GLClamp;
>>>                 glTexParameteri: GLTexture2d with: GLTextureWrapT  
>>> with: GLClamp;
>>>                 glPixelMapfv: GLPixelMapIToA with: 2 with:  
>>> (FloatArray with: 0.0 with: 1.0).
>>>
>>> But at the same time it stinks because you don't using the  
>>> evaluation
>>> result of previously sent message, you simply drop it. And from this
>>> point i feel that something wrong with such design. Why computer  
>>> needs
>>> to waste cycles to evaluate result of message when its simply not  
>>> used
>>> at the end?
>>
>> What are you talking about?  ; and . are both sequencing operators.
>> Sequencing implies that a statement was not for it's results, but  
>> it's
>> side effects.  And some systems even detect if the result is used and
>> drop it if not.
>>
>


:-) ...

Also for me !!!!!






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