Re: consistent behavior across babel languages

[Neil Jerram <neiljerram@gmail.com>]

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On Wed, 25 Nov 2020 at 05:20, ian martins <ianxm@jhu.edu> wrote:

> Something I've found challenging is the inconsistency between babel
> languages. It makes it difficult for a babel user to get a source
> block to do what they want, or for a babel developer to even know what
> correct behavior is.
>
> I'm not sure if anything can be done since changes will likely break
> existing behavior, but it's good to at least know what the rule is and
> where the exceptions to the rule are. To that end I started a page on
> worg [1] to document current behavior for actions taken across babel
> languages.
>
> [1] https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/lang-compat.html


FWIW, I did not understand the "functional" and "scripting" terms that you
use on this page.

I've understood now, from
https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/intro.html, that you mean
"results: value" and "results: output".  For me it would be better if you
said that instead of "functional" and "scripting", as the former is what I
can actually type in my Org files.

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