valueDiff for arrays?

[J. Landman Gay]

Yes, yours is natural. Some of the others were stretching it a bit.
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On August 5, 2018 11:10:47 AM Mark Waddingham via use-livecode 
<use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> On 2018-08-05 17:36, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote:
>> This is getting pretty contorted and is becoming less like natural
>> language. For what it's worth, I have never been confused by the
>> current use of filter. I think of it as pouring soup through a wire
>> strainer. Filtering "with" keeps the solids. Filtering "without" dumps
>> them and keeps the liquid.
>
> I honestly can't see how:
>
> filter lines of X with Y
>
> Is less contorted and more natural language than:
>
> filter X by keeping lines matching Y
>
> The former *requires* 'arcane' knowledge to comprehend (it is a
> significant contraction of concepts - you need to know the contractions
> precisely to understand it!) - the latter does precisely what it says -
> it is actually a fully correct and full English sentence...
>
> Warmest Regards,
>
> Mark.
>
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