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Re: Newbie surveying the multitudes of Programming Langs...
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>Does that unconfuse you at all? I think the "implicit pointers" analogy
>is easiest if you come from C.
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Yeah.. thinking about it like that definitely helps, it just takes a
bit of mental adjustment. Rather than the Variables and their content
being the stuff I'm dealing with, I deal with what the variables point
to.
It seems a matter of ownership. In C++, the Variable (when it's a
variable and not a reference or pointer), owns it's content. In Dylan
the Variable or Binder thingy is just a convenient way to access a
value.
GIve me time, I'll get it down.
Must return to Mindwash procedure to cleanse myself of preconceptions
~Israel~
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