Re: Modula-3, Fortran, Numbers & Aliens

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From: Stephen P Spackman
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1992 01:34

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In article <1992Apr6.193950.5862@newshost.lanl.gov> jlg@cochiti.lanl.gov (Jim Giles) writes:
|Yes.  You have yet to present _how_ explicitly defined routines are
|delimited and named.  You have yet to present whether such definitions
|may be nested.  You have yet to explain why you think the ability to 
|redefine globals is desirable (I don't think it is).

I think the redefinability of globals is a practical necessity when
writing languages with read-eval-print style interactivity that lack
first-class namespaces. Corrections welcome.
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stephen p spackman         Center for Information and Language Studies
stephen@estragon.uchicago.edu                    University of Chicago
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