Why Difference in assign vs inline



On 03/30/13 12:00, Stavros Macrakis wrote:
> The semantics of ev are strange and curious. Read the documentation for
> ev if you want the full and ugly details.  But I would recommend instead
> that you avoid ev as much as possible, and use subst as appropriate.
>
Thanks,

I read it very carefully last night, several times.  After a fitful 
night of strange dreams, I asked the question today...

I have the thought that ev forces evaluation at different points in the 
process.  I am interactive so I guess it is not much advantage.

Tom Dean