Hey! That's very close to the general idea! But it doesn't deal with my previous post with numbers... The delaying part is attractive, but unfortunately you only get to do one assignment. I would like to have several variables (and variables composed from those) affected by change of one.

The best reference that pops into mind (and the simplest one) is Excel. Kinda like having an entire column defined from a cell, then cascading down the line when you change the value of that cell.

But, delaying works admirably when you're dealing with a single variable. It would just be a pain in the behind to have to do that for each (no pun intended) one of them all.

In reply to RE: Re: Dreaming of Post Interpolation by BBQ
in thread Dreaming of Post Interpolation by BBQ

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