Re: [dev] nscript - a little stack-based scripting language interpretter I wrote

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:19:33AM +0200, yy wrote:
>2010/8/25 pancake <pancake_AT_youterm.com>:
>>>> * I will probably swap the order of the conditional clauses: (what do you
>>>> think about it)
>>>>   3 3 == { 'Is equal duppy\n' print } if
>>>>  -->
>>>>  { 'Is equal duppy\n' print } 3 3 == if
>>>
>>> Hmm, personally I prefer the 'condition first' order... Why do you like
>>> the 'condition later' order?
>>>
>> My way is more logical fr a stack based vm. Just flip your mind. :)
>>>
>
>It does not work that way in postscript and, as I already said in
>another message, it does not work that way in forth, neither in toka
>or raven. Would you mind explainning why your way is more logical? I
>think it could get compicated once you introduce else or nested if
>blocks.

It does work that way in forth. At least, the conditional comes
just before the if token (though the branches come after it).

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