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On 7 May 2000, Simon Cozens wrote: > Nick Ing-Simmons (lists.p5p): > >Sam Tregar <sam@tregar.com> writes: > >>What package supports people that don't want to know about the > >>package? > > > >Tk for one. I suspect the vast majority of its users have no idea > >what happens inside. > > *DB*_File, for another. You don't know what goes on in the package: > you utter a magic line, and suddenly your hash is connected to a > database. That's the whole *point* of tying. Enough! I didn't respond to Nick, thinking I'd just let the misunderstanding slide; but now it's becoming a running joke! Ilya (quoted out of context) was referring to the *API* for a prospective package, critisizing it for requiring the user to learn to use it when he thought 'tie' would be sufficient. I responded (quoted out of context) that no package supports users that don't learn the *API*. This was meant as a sort of rhetorical lead-in for a more reasonable response. So, in response: no, neither Tk nor *DB*_File supports users that don't want to know about the *API*. -samThread Previous | Thread Next