From: Yossef Mendelssohn <ymendel@...>
Date: 2009-04-15T01:13:10+09:00
Subject: Re: Argument types

Yay! Pascal's back! And just when I was suffering from parenthesis
withdrawal.

On Apr 14, 11:00 am, p...@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon)
wrote:
> (class Array
>   (def at(index)
>      (if (> 0 index)
Woah, what?
>         (index = (@size - index))
>       end)
>      (if (> 0 index)
>          nil
>       elsif (<= @size index)
>          nil
>       else
>          (Memory.load (self . addressOf index))
You missed out on an opportunity for addresOf(index) there. Just
thought you should know.
>       end)
>    end)
>
> end)
>
> Basically, the index should behave as an integer, but in this
> pseudo-implementation

Pseudo- is right. I'm not sure what language this is. It has some sort
of Ruby feeling, but there are far too many parentheses. Also, some
comparisons are done in a totally whacked-out fashion involving insane
ordering. I'm willing to bet the person who wrote this code doesn't
actually know or care about Ruby, but is really some delusional Lisp
lover who harbors a deep resentment towards all languages that are not
"pure enough".

Am I right?

--
-yossef