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Lars,<br>
One could search the triples with FOREACH statement where the<br>
argument of FOREACH could be any of the 3 possible. <br>
Vague memory on that.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/22/2016 6:12 AM, Lars wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">On Fri, November 11, 2016 12:31 am, Douglas G Danforth wrote:
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<pre wrap="">SAIL was much simpler than Ada.
Compilation was fast.
It had the added LEAP feature with allowed one to use associative triples.
I didn't use that feature much.
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How do associative triples differ from just using Records with three or
more fields?
Obviously, they've got to offer some advantage... Maybe syntactic sugar?
I'm reading about them (just beginning) but haven't fully understood what
they are yet.
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<pre wrap="">SAIL was transformed into MAINSAIL
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As a joke I've always thought of further extending this pun of programming
and wanted to create JIBSAIL, a reduced version of MAIN SAIL
simplified....
But that is only if main sail interests me enough to make a Jib of it.
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