[E-Lang] real live newbie caught trying to learn E

[Zooko]

 MarcS wrote:
>
> The Maker pattern is far and away the least Java-like element of "ordinary"
> E programming. This chat session is a good reminder that the Walnut section
> on Makers needs to be crafted and recrafted till it is like a polished
> diamond...unless we can think of some more syntactic shorthand that can
> simplify it even more than the "class" shorthand does.

I'm Ppooko the Picky Java Programmer.

"Class shorthand?", I think.  I go to read _E_in_a_Walnut_.  It says that if
you already know Java you might try just using the Quick Reference, so I go
there:

http://www.erights.org/elang/quick-ref.html

and look for how to define a class.  It says:

-------
  Objects with state

  def operatorMaker new(baseNum) :any {
      def randomVariable := 3
      def operator {
          to addBase(number) :any {
              baseNum + number
          }
          to multiplyBase(number) :any {
              baseNum * number
          }
      }
  }
  def threeHandler := operatorMaker new(3)
  def threeTimes2 := threeHandler multiplyBase(2)
-------

Eh -- I don't understand this.  Why is there a "def operator" inside the "def
operatorMaker"?  Which one is the name of the class?  I don't like this.  
I think I'll go call all my friends and tell them that I tried to learn E, but
that I gave up when it turned out it wasn't really Object Oriented.

Sincerely,

Ppooko the Eternally Helpful