compileIt for revolution?

[Dennis Brown]

Dan,

Perhaps we are in perfect agreement, just expressing it differently...
I could not argue with the way you have expressed it here.

Dennis

On Jun 24, 2005, at 1:09 AM, Dan Shafer wrote:

> 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!