[Info-vax] DCL's flaws (both scripting and UI)

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

David Froble skrev den 2015-01-22 00:58:
> Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>
>> I'm only saying that there is a specific standard datatype
>> builtin into the laguage standard itself in Python that
>> simply isn't there in Basic.
>
> We're just going to have to agree to disagree on this topic, since I've
> already demonstrated there is a Basic data type that will do the job of
> storing the data you've suggested.

There is no data type in Basic that looks like:

 > Another useful data type built into Python is the dictionary
 > (see Mapping Types — dict). Dictionaries are sometimes found
 > in other languages as “associative memories” or “associative
 > arrays”... dictionaries are indexed by keys, which can be any
 > immutable type; strings and numbers can always be keys.

> In fact, something that I've used many times.  Just because a data type
> doesn't have a particular name doesn't mean it cannot do the job.

Of course, but you have to come up with some implementation
of your own, you don't get if "for free".

Jan-Erik.