Re: Strange behavior of "root" in "over"'s context

[Valeriy E. Ushakov]

On Sat, Jan 01, 2000 at 10:42:44PM +0300, Tamas Papp wrote:

> On the other hand, Lout starts out as a `cleaner' language, with
> clear syntax and straightforward concepts. The core concepts of lout
> are easy to understand, and all is well, until one discovers the
> facilities for making diagrams and such. IMO, they are absolutely
> unnecessary for lout,

One thing worth noting here is that @Diag &co are completely
*external* to core Lout, as @Eq is as well, BTW.


> and these kind of things (diagrams, graphs, etc.) should be created
> by other programs and imported as eps files (or any other convenient
> format.)

What I like about @Diag is the ability to describe diagrams at high
level.  I also admire @Diag as one of the greatest Lout hacks.  I also
do use external programs to draw diagrams when that's easier for me in
that particular case.

Things worth noting here are: (1) no one is forced to use @Diag; (2)
@Diag doesn't "taint" the core Lout; (3) @IncludeGraphic is there.  So
everyone can just use whatever suits his need and because of (2)
there's no need to worry that @Diag exists. ;-)

SY, Uwe
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