[Gambas-user] In Plain English- A definition of the Datatypes please?

[jbskaggs]

You are correct:)

Thanks for your kind words.

JB

Doriano Blengino wrote:
> 
> jbskaggs ha scritto:
>> Thank you,
>>
>> I shall search more.  One of the problems I find is that many of the
>> terms
>> have multiple meanings for example their meaning in mathmetics does not
>> always equal the definition in gambas or basic and basic terms do not
>> always
>> match 
>> terms in other langauges so that finding meanings in wiki or google makes
>> it
>> hard- especially when I dont know which one applies.
>>
>>
>> A good example:
>>
>> I was trying to find a command that changed the position in the order
>> that
>> components were drawn-I found that the command .raise did that- but I had
>> previously thought the command raise meant to "raise the event flag".
>>
>> English is not the best language to program in- or speak for that matter
>> because the words have so many different meanings in different contexts. 
>> It
>> wasn't until I learned  a little Greek in bible college how imprecise
>> English is unfortunately it is the only language I speak with any
>> understanding.
>>   
> Uhm... I don't like English, just like you, but perhaps you are too much 
> critic. There are very precise words in English too, and "Raise" is one 
> of them. If you put a control on the top of another, then you are 
> effectively raising it; the fact in gambas RAISE has also another 
> meaning is not an English fault (and nor a gambas one: think at raising 
> an event like to throw it in the air, waiting for someone else to catch 
> it. This figurates what the things actually are).
> 
> Don't be in a hurry - take your time and you will discover, day after 
> day, that for programming english is as good as many other languages, 
> and in this very moment English is the mean by which you and me
> communicate.
> 
> If you have questions about gambas, try to post: someone will reply and 
> clarify things.
> 
> Regards and cheers,
> Doriano
> 
> 
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