[677] in Coldmud discussion meeting
Re: assexp op
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thu Mar 9 12:50:52 1995
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From: The Importance of Being Chuck <cadams@weather.Brockport.EDU>
To: quinn@access.mountain.net (Quinn)
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 1995 12:41:36 -0500 (EST)
Cc: coldstuff@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <199503091730.MAA20505@Access.Mountain.Net> from "Quinn" at Mar 9, 95 12:30:15 pm
Quinn drew these heiroglyphs:
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> I like '<-', but it really doesn't imply expression anymore than
> an equals sign does. I'd suggest '<>', since its easy to type
> and kind of implies "we are not both equal and we want the whole
> world to know it, that is why we are pointing outward."
> But it used to mean != in old AppleSoft, and I'm sure it means
> 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)
> As for the local method character, instinctively I like ',' since
> it's a less emphatic period. But I don't know the repercussions
> of using a comma in such a way.
real bitch to parse. think about it.
foo.bar(1,,baz())