<HEAD><TITLE>discuss@charon: [677] in "Coldmud discussion meeting"</TITLE>
<H1>[677] in Coldmud discussion meeting</H1></HEAD>
<A HREF="/"><IMG SRC="/i-d.gif" ALT="root"></A>
<A HREF="?677"><IMG SRC="/i-back.gif" ALT="meeting"></A>
<A HREF="/help.html"><IMG SRC="/i-help.gif" ALT="help"></A>
<A HREF="1"><IMG SRC="/i-first.gif" ALT="first"></A>
<A HREF="676"><IMG SRC="/i-fref.gif" ALT="first in chain"></A>
<A HREF="676"><IMG SRC="/i-pref.gif" ALT="previous in chain"></A>
<A HREF="676"><IMG SRC="/i-prev.gif" ALT="previous"></A>
<A HREF="678"><IMG SRC="/i-next.gif" ALT="next"></A>
<A HREF="679"><IMG SRC="/i-nref.gif" ALT="next in chain"></A>
<A HREF="698"><IMG SRC="/i-lref.gif" ALT="last in chain"></A>
<A HREF="1641"><IMG SRC="/i-last.gif" ALT="last"></A>
<HR><H2>Re: assexp op</H2>
<H3>daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thu Mar  9 12:50:52 1995
)</H3>
<PRE>
From: The Importance of Being Chuck &lt;cadams@weather.Brockport.EDU&gt;
To: quinn@access.mountain.net (Quinn)
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 1995 12:41:36 -0500 (EST)
Cc: coldstuff@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: &lt;199503091730.MAA20505@Access.Mountain.Net&gt; from "Quinn" at Mar 9, 95 12:30:15 pm

Quinn drew these heiroglyphs:
&gt; 
&gt; 
&gt; I like '&lt;-', but it really doesn't imply expression anymore than
&gt;  an equals sign does.  I'd suggest '&lt;&gt;', since its easy to type
&gt;  and kind of implies "we are not both equal and we want the whole
&gt;  world to know it, that is why we are pointing outward."
&gt; But it used to mean != in old AppleSoft, and I'm sure it means
&gt;  something else somewhere.

Eww.  It usually means inequality in most dialects of BASIC too.  And
a lot of programmers are going to have the bulk of their experience
from BASIC.  And it just doesn't look aesthetically pleasing (:wipes
the spit from everyone's faces after saying that phrase)

&gt; As for the local method character, instinctively I like ',' since
&gt;  it's a less emphatic period.  But I don't know the repercussions
&gt;  of using a comma in such a way.

real bitch to parse.  think about it.

foo.bar(1,,baz())


</PRE>
