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From: pie@world.std.com (Carl Muckenhoupt)
Subject: TADS: takeVerb required?
Message-ID: <CvEDFC.6CM@world.std.com>
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 1994 11:33:10 GMT
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I just tried an experiment: compiling a blank file with TADS.  You see,
I haven't registered yet (just got into this, and now I find that a new
version is imminent...) so this was the easiest way to get a complete
list of things you're required to define.

Most of them I can live with: Me and init are fundamental concepts like
C's main, numObj and strObj are a healthy alternative to predefined
version of the same thing, pardon and againVerb are weird special cases
that you really can't code any other way.  But why is takeVerb required?
What's special about it?  I'm sure there's a reason, but could someone
explain it to me?

Carl Muckenhoupt

