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Re: Re: Character mangling test
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Re: Re: Character mangling test


  • Subject: Re: Re: Character mangling test
  • From: Nigel Garvey <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 12:51:47 +0000

email@hidden wrote on Sun, 18 Feb 2001 21:28:11 EST:

>Shorter lines clarify logic.
>Shorter lines are almost always possible.
>Shorter lines make editing easier.
>Shorter lines make code more modularizable.
>Inability to create short lines reflects
>1) fuzzy logic, or...
>2) lack of creativity.

set subj1 to "I "
set infVrb to "say "
set modVrb to "would "
set neg to "not "
set modVrb to modVrb & neg
set vrb1 to modVrb & infVrb
set vrb2 to "is "
set subj2 to "that "
set adj to "true "
set adv to "necessarily "
set comp to adv & adj
set pred2 to vrb2 & comp
set sent to subj2 & pred2
set rel to "that "
set objCl to rel & sent
set pred1 to vrb1 & objCl
set fullStp to "."
set mySentence to subj1 & pred1
text 1 thru word -1 of mySentence
set mySentence to the result & fullStp
set spacer to return & return
set mySig to spacer & "NG"
set myMessage to mySentence & mySig
display dialog myMessage

NG


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