[chuck-users] "Or"

[Michael Heuer]

Kassen wrote:

> 2010/9/3 Rebecca Fiebrink <fiebrink at princeton.edu>
>>
>> OR, because it's chuck and therefore more fun than your average language:
>
> Ok, that's it.
> Let's have "probably" and "perhaps" at 75% and 25% as well. Everyone loves
> "maybe" so much, we might as well have more of it.
>
> Does English have single words describing indeterminate times and/or
> durations that aren't already reserved or would be confusing? We talk about
> "in a bit" or "in a while" but those sound like they would be cause for
> confusion. "soon" might be a good one?

I like this.  Maybe soon as a keyword and later as a function?

soon => now;
Std.later(dur max) => now;
Std.later(dur min, dur max) => now;

   michael