Re: CHAT: ConScripts

--- Yahya Abdal-Aziz <yahya@...> wrote:

> Hi all,
<snip>
> Alright, Gary, I guess I lied: I *do* have one
> suggestion for improvement: _macros!_  Let the
> user define #<name># as any legal command
> string, where <name> is any string of ASCII char-
> acters; then the glyph command would substitute
> the macro string for every occurrence of the
> macro #<name>#.  You could hold the macro
> definitions, just like the glyph command strings,
> in a text file.  Heck, it could be the *same* file -
> just restrict legal macro names to [previously
> defined (hence smaller)] glyph code numbers.
>
> "I'd like to see that!"
>
> Regards,
> Yahya
That does sound like fun. As for IALs, I just can't
get excited about the prospect because I think all
such efforts are doomed to failure before they even
get off the ground.

But I have to admit, I really did enjoy using my
pictographic language back in the days (1970's I
think) when I was still fluent in it. It's sad how
easily we forget things we don't use regularly.

--gary