Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeder2.ecngs.de!ecngs!feeder.ecngs.de!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.brightview.co.uk!news.brightview.co.uk.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:07:23 -0500 From: "Ste (news)" Subject: Re: BBC BASIC, EVAL and PROC Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.programmer Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 21:07:20 +0100 Message-ID: <522862391dsteve@revi11.plus.com> References: <2944631.819.1319307324460.JavaMail.geo-discussion-forums@yqbl36> <4ea64a50$0$18820$ba4acef3@reader.news.orange.fr> <2c8fce2752.tigger@bc63.orpheusinternet.co.uk> <52284175a1steve@revi11.plus.com> User-Agent: Pluto/3.04d (RISC-OS/5.17) NewsHound/v1.50-32 Organization: None Lines: 26 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-OdrZc4ZNbem6awHIuE82uLvXIYafmgb/DONh/XEAKaKp3MKIdtnij/N1mwckT3rJSL6VCuWL7PIQdgv!GmPPTOVN0/zUVYXmPNazgWjROi4Fg7hBfi48o/RD2sPyr/rODR70ZE0gNylOgb/46Ek/QK4v5oWL!Gw== X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 2018 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.sys.acorn.programmer:937 In article , Nick Roberts wrote: > In message <52284175a1steve@revi11.plus.com> > "Ste (news)" wrote: > > In article <2c8fce2752.tigger@bc63.orpheusinternet.co.uk>, > > Nick Roberts wrote: > > > I strongly disagree. > > > > Why can't you just use functions, which as has already been pointed > > out, will work exactly as you want? The difference between using a > > PROC or a FN in this case is purely asthetic. > > Because (in the context in which my post was written) we weren't > discussing BASIC? Ah, sorry - incorrect attribution on my part; I was really addressing Michael with that question. Ta, Steve -- Steve Revill @ Home Note: All opinions expressed herein are my own.