Re: he's ranting again (Was: Re: Month as Integer (or he's ranting again))
Re: he's ranting again (Was: Re: Month as Integer (or he's ranting again))
- Subject: Re: he's ranting again (Was: Re: Month as Integer (or he's ranting again))
- From: Emmanuel <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 21:49:37 +0100
At 20:58 +0100 5/12/00, Chris Nebel wrote:
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The problem was that FORTRAN (at least the older versions) was defined to
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always pass function parameters by reference.
Thanks much for your explanations.
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AppleScript isn't a constant, it's a property of the AppleScript object.
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AppleScript doesn't enforce read-only access to said property, so it's
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possible to change the value of pi.
OK. I suppose there is a good reason for that.
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every AppleScript connection has its own copy, so someone else can't change
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your pi; you have to do it yourself.
Sure. The problem could only be if an app, possibly serving multiple
clients through AS, had a global AS context, persistent for the whole
session. One client could make a bad joke to the others.
Thanks again for replying.
Best regards,
Emmanuel