From: Mathieu Bouchard <matju@...>
Date: 2005-03-22T05:39:34+09:00
Subject: Re: New block syntax


On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, Berger, Daniel wrote:

> I extremely DISLIKE the new proposed syntax for proc/blocks.  I would
> rather we kept lambda/proc keyword mandatory, rather than end up with
> goofball syntax like the above, just so we can make anonymous procs
> more Perly.

Could you please tell us what makes the new syntax more Perly, and the
old syntax not Perly? Especially, please comment on the following
examples:

Perl:       sub{ my($a,$b,$c)=@_; ... }
Ruby(old): proc{|a,b,c| ... }
Ruby(new):     {|a,b,c| ... }
Self:          [|:a.:b.:c| ... ]
Smalltalk:     [ :a :b :c| ... ]

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