From: gmcm at hypernet.com (Gordon McMillan)
Date: Thu, 27 May 1999 10:15:38 -0500
Subject: problem with variable scoping
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Moshe Zadka writes:

> > > Ummmm.....Tim, I beg to differ: it is more like the C++
> <snipped stupid mistake made by me>
> 
> I humble myself before Fredrik and the Tim, and ask their
> forgiveness for the nonsense I have said. I vow that from now on I
> will not post without checking my programs...
> 
> now-who-can-be-mad-at-me-after-a-self-abasement-like-that<wink>-ly
> y'rs, Z.

Nah, bots don't get mad, they don't respond to begging and they 
don't grant forgiveness. They just relentlessly correct mistakes, 
and sometimes go loopy. Not surprising - I understand the original 
Timbot was written in Basic.

At one point (at least) things worked as you expected under JPython. 

- Gordon




