Stephen Bain wrote:
On 4/15/06, William Allen Simpson william.allen.simpson@gmail.com wrote:
The semantics of "#if:" no longer match the semantics of PHP if.
The semantics also do not match the semantics of CPP #if, but the visual representation will bring that to programmers' minds.
This is closer to CPP #ifdef. If not changed to "#ifdef", I foresee eons of queries and errors.
Maybe this is the devs hinting that they don't want to turn wikisyntax into a fully fledged programming language.
Actually, wikisyntax is a language by definition. Looks LALR(1). I've always assumed there was solid computer science going on here, rather than mere ad hoc jiggery pokery.
... Make people stop and think "hey, this isn't exactly the same implementation as in so-and-so language... oh wait, that's right, this isn't so-and-so langauge, it's just wikisyntax."
You can't "make" people do anything, let alone "stop and think". Always better to plan for implementation and operational consequences in the design process. Surely, I'm preaching to the choir....
Moreover, why are you denigrating "just" wikisyntax?