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- Subject: Re: Try Lua!
- From: steve donovan <steve.j.donovan@...>
- Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:40:48 +0200
On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 11:37 AM, Jim Whitehead II<jnwhiteh@gmail.com> wrote:
> I never once implied that it shouldn't be there, but it should not be
> masking the default behavior of the language. If you'd note, in
> lua_bot it's called pp() for pretty print. The name is terrible, but
> it serves the same purpose.
Sorry about that, I was responding to tone not content ;) pp() is not
a bad name. The point is well taken: that people would get the idea
that this was built-in behaviour and get distressed when their first
use of a real interpreter is so different.
steve d.