Re: Pooling of strings is good

[Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@...>]

2014-08-22 15:14 GMT+02:00 Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@inf.puc-rio.br>:
>> Except that userdata is advanced, whereas strings are very,
>> very basic indeed, there are languages like SNOBOL that have
>> nothing but.
>
> SNOBOL has integers, "real numbers", patterns, arrays, tables, plus
> programmer-defined data types...
>
> Maybe you meant Tcl?

Sorry, I was relying on memory, which needs to go back more than
40 years in this case. Our IBM 360 Model 40 had just been upgraded
to a Model 67. It was the second-biggest computer in the country.
Only the Weather Bureau had a bigger one. The IBM salesman gave
a big party at his house and handed out cigars like a new father.

Thanks! If nobody had corrected me, I would not now have a working
Snobol4 with a PDF of the Green Book on my computer. I feel as if
someone parked a brand-new Peugeot 403 in my driveway with a card
saying "for you".

Warning: while I play with my new toy, I may be a little quieter than
usual on Lua-L.