compileIt for revolution?

[Dan Shafer]

Dennis.....

You make some excellent points. I don't think that *my* programming  
needs should drive the direction of the language or the tool. And I'm  
certainly not opposed even to *major* extensions and enhancements of  
the language. My only real sticking point is that if and when new  
things are added, they be done in a way that is as cross-platform as  
possible, as innocuous to coders for other platforms as feasible, and  
implemented in a way that keeps the consistent flavor and style of  
xTalk, including its verbosity.

Verbosity is a virtue in my mind. Not only does it make code more  
readable and therefore maintainable, but I can't tell you how many  
times I've just sort of guessed at what command or property change  
might have some desired effect only to have it behave exactly as  
predicted. Only with xTalk and Python have I had that kind of  
experience. And I love it!




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