Re: [Squeak-VMdev] DING! End of Round One

[Dan I. <Da...@Sq...>]

Hi, Ian -

<many arguments for truth and beauty snipped>

>George Bernard Shaw:  The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in  trying to adapt the world to himself.  Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

Thanks for the nudge.  That's what friends are for.

>Smalltalk programmers should be every bit as careful: (AFAIK) the eval order is not specified by the standard.
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>(Somebody please, *please* correct me if I'm wrong about this.  I can't find my copy of the standard to check.  Is it online anywhere yet?)

Early on I urged them to keep it unspecified (you'll be glad to know).  Wish I had stuck around for some of the other decisions ;-).

Thanks again, Ian.  I'll make a substantive reply after some further discussion has ensued.

	- Dan