Then typing:
@nn
will go through messages on lists you subscribed to,
listing the next new message available to you when you
type it.
You can also type:
@read <message> on
<list>
to see what mail is on a list, type:
@mail on <list>
... and then
@read <number> on
<list>
and list mail on a list with
@mail on <list>
OBJNUM lookup(SYMBOL name)
This function finds the object number for the object name specified by the argument name. If no object exists with that name, the error ~namenf is thrown. Example:
lookup('root)
=> #1
A symbol is similar to a string, but it has been abstracted into a ColdC identifier. This makes comparisons between symbols much faster than with strings, as when comparing a string each character in the string must be compared, but when comparing a symbol only one comparison occurs.
Symbols are denoted in ColdC by preceding the identifier with an apostrophe ('). Symbols are not terminated with an apostrophe. Symbols are always logically true.