Transcript and Dot Notation

[Jim Ault]

On 2/24/06 12:14 PM, "Dan Shafer" <revolutionary.dan at gmail.com> wrote:
>> .this.that.thatotherthing.IsThisParticularDotSupposedToBeAMethodOrAnObject.Sh
>> ootMeNow 

My vote would be that the option to use dot notation would be quite welcome.
I, too, use programs that become much simpler and functional that way.

Of course, those who build simple, effective projects don't collide with
template objects, constructors, inheritance vs verbose function calls, etc.

One real-world object-oriented database we all use is the driver's license
database.  We all carry our own, it has unique data, and each is responsible
for maintaining it.  We are the object that owns the object.  The license
expires periodically, and definitely expires when we do.

Another object is the parking valet, whose knowledge and skills allows him
to deal with any vehicle, automatic or manual transmission, large or small,
rain or shine.  Once programmed, an object can be very powerful.

Jim Ault
Las Vegas


On 2/24/06 12:14 PM, "Dan Shafer" <revolutionary.dan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't disagree, Jonathan, but if you apply that logic to
> object-orientation you find yourself in a syntax soup that is
> difficult to resolve and leads to huge slowdowns in performance.
> 
> So if you vote to keep the language simple, you're voting to keep it
> non-object-oriented. I'm OK with that but I vastly prefer that we take
> an OO fork at this point.
> 
> On 2/24/06, Jonathan Lynch <jonathandlynch at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I love transcript.
>> 
>> It works the way I think.
>> 
>> A script like:
>> 
>> put "Don't screw up Transcript" into field "What RunRev Should Do" is just
>> very easy to conceive.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> With transcript like it is, I spend my mental energy thinking about how my
>> program is going to work and interface, not translating my natural thoughts
>> into statements like:
>> 
>>  
>> .this.that.thatotherthing.IsThisParticularDotSupposedToBeAMethodOrAnObject.Sh
>> ootMeNow
>> 
>> 
>> So, I vote for keeping transcript verbose and easy.
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