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Re: Variable Ponderance
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Re: Variable Ponderance


  • Subject: Re: Variable Ponderance
  • From: "Shane Stanley" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2004 20:26:36 +1000

On Fri, 1 Oct 2004 23:19:05 +0100, has wrote:

>While it's very easy to understand what something like:
>
>	tell app "Finder" to set s to name of file 1 of home
>
>does, it's rather harder to understand exactly how it does it,
>whereas something like:
>
>	s = app('Finder.app').home.files[1].name.get()
>
>is harder for the casual reader to deduce the meaning of, but easier
>for the student to observe the underlying structure of.

Really? I suspect your deeper knowledge of what actually happens is
coloring your view.

--
Shane Stanley  <email@hidden>


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