in reply to Question Marks in Subroutine Names

Use Ruby. ;)

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Re: Re: Question Marks in Subroutine Names
by dug (Chaplain) on May 08, 2002 at 02:59 UTC
    Aaaarrrrg!!!
    *big smile*

    Yes, or lisp, or some hacked up version of logo, or write a fairly complicated module that will let me, or ...

    Come on now, I'm a believer. Maybe, in the Do What I Mean tradition, I'm looking for  sub_name? = { return $foo } to return true or false.
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      ...or Forth. You can use other punctuation to make your point too. :-)

      variable light
1 light ! ( turn on the light to start )
: off! ( a -- ) 0 swap ! ;
: on? ( a -- f ) @ 1 = ;
light on? if light off! then

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      Some people even (mistakenly) believe that Forth is nothing but punctuation.

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