[Cuis-dev] CuisBook tweak request. (was Re: official operator names of ; and ::)

Juan Vuletich juan at cuis.st
Mon Aug 12 06:54:49 PDT 2024


Hi Folks,

The Appendix B of the CuisBook needs a better, separate explanation of 
Cascade (;) and Chain (::). Vanessa's example is too good not to include it.

Any takers?

Thanks,

On 8/1/2024 4:24 PM, Vanessa Freudenberg via Cuis-dev wrote:
> That's not a great example for :: because it works just as well 
> without it. This may be a better illustration:
>
> 3 + 4 squared => 7
> 3 + 4 ; squared => 9
> 3 + 4 :: squared => 49
>
> Nessa
>
> On Thu, Aug 1, 2024 at 7:11 AM Mark Volkmann via Cuis-dev 
> <cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st <mailto:cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st>> wrote:
>
>     Thanks Andres! Interestingly page 178 in the Cuis Book (Appendix
>     B) says this:
>
>     Transcript show: 'hello'; cr                        message
>     cascade (;)
>
>     BoxedMorph new :: color: Color blue; openInWorld    message
>     cascade (::)
>
>
>     But surely these can't go by the same name, so I think you are
>     correct.
>
>
>     On Wed, Jul 31, 2024 at 9:37 PM Andres Valloud via Cuis-dev
>     <cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st <mailto:cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st>> wrote:
>
>         The name of this bit of syntax is "chain".
>
>         On 7/31/24 6:17 PM, Mark Volkmann via Cuis-dev wrote:
>         > What is the official name of the :: operator?
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