Re: Unexpected behaviour

[Ralph Hempel <rhempel@...>]

Tim Channon wrote:

> I'm struggling with a language where I have no mental model, rather too
> abstract for me. Part of what I am trying to work towards is use a
> technique I think I last used in modula where it is trivially easy. This
> would be a dynamically decorated trie where the leaves are executable,
> data driven.

The idea of mental model is important! I used FORTH for many years, to
the point where juggling stack frames in my head became second nature.

When I started programming in C 20 years ago, having FORTH and assembler
and linker experience allowed me to mentally model pointers and data
structures in physical memory.

Moving to a new language requires a new mental model, and Lua is no
different. Keep at it, and eventually the light will come on and
burn brightly.

> The point though is it can be dynamically altered. (at that point the
> brain hurts)

It gets worse as you get older :-)

Ralph