This takes us back to what I originally said, that writing compact code is at odds with the goals of Hypertext based languages. Language-like code has things like pronouns, determiners, prepositions etc. It is by nature verbose. If we had to write everything including the engine and the event management, write our own C or Java code to build fields, buttons, menus, windows etc, using the LC language, we would never get started. Too much typing.
Bob On Feb 23, 2012, at 11:34 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: > Jacque- > > Thursday, February 23, 2012, 7:20:40 PM, you wrote: > >>> set foreColor of fld "myField" to blue > > I'll double down on your rant. > <rant> > Since when is "fld" easier to read than "field"? You save typing two > vowels and end up with a thing that's not a word in any language I > know of. Same thing with "btn", etc. That's a step away from either > English-like or natural language processing - your brain has to do a > cognitive dance from the vowelless thing (shades of H.P. Lovecraft) to > a real word, and then can continue with the rest of the phrase to make > sense of the statement. > </rant> > > -- > -Mark Wieder > mwie...@ahsoftware.net > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
