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Re: creature = `feep



haahr@mv.us.adobe.com (Paul Haahr) wrote:

> ok, i'm beginning to lean towards moving this out of the shell, as
> long as there is a good examples file.  it definitely goes back in
> my .esrc but that does seem reasonable.  i still want to hear more
> opinions on this.

Remove it.

I agree with Roger Peppe <rog@ohm.york.ac.uk> when he says:

> In my opinion, initial.es should provide everything necessary for
> non-interactive operation, and the bare bones necessary to implement
> any (or most) desired interactive behaviours.

Primarily, es should be a lean interpreter for a scripting language.
Interactive features should be added for interactive use only.
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Richard Brooksby <richard@harlequin.co.uk>
ML Project / Symbolic Processing Division / Harlequin
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