>> You know what a stack is, yes?
>
> I was thinking of it as a dynamic array of "variables", like the CArray
> class in VC++, until I grok it a little deeper.

That'll work. Just remember, you really only play with one end; you don't
get random access to the middle.


> Like a JavaScript var.

Yes. Just a bucket with a name.


> I used the VB example only as an example of a non-OO language. I would
> not insult your creation with a comparison beyond that.}}: )

No offence taken, I'm sure. We (collectively) might sneer a little at VB
because it lacks some of the tools that we think are important for big
projects, but it's just another language. Anybody who's willing to sit
and talk about what kind of programmers Klingons would be can't afford to
be that much of a language snob. :)


> big giant lightbulb: So one need not learn Perl to learn varaq. Perl is
> just the language used to write the interpreter. It could also be
> written in Java, or Pascal, or VC++. }}: )
> Right?


Dingdingding! Give the man a cookie.

Could also be written in Water (see www.waterlanguage.com for info), as is
currently being attempted by another list denizen. The interpreter could
probably even be written in var'aq, but then you'd have to have a
meta-interpreter to run the interpreter to run the program. That, of
course, could only be written in INTERCAL, so no one has tried it.


j