From: Todd Benson <caduceass@...>
Date: 2008-06-17T21:39:48+09:00
Subject: Re: print(true and true) #=> the parenthesis issue

On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 2:09 AM, Tom Cloyd <tomcloyd@comcast.net> wrote:
> Robert Klemme wrote:
>> There are no nature laws in IT.
>>
> Absolute nonsense.
>
> IT is not an entity unto itself. It is an artifact of the human brain.

<snip/>

> From that point reasonable point of view, we could well have the usability
> problem mentioned. I, for one, find this parenthesis problem obscure in the
> extreme. What happened to the principal of least surprise? Yikes.
>
> Keep it simple, when at all possible.

You should study linguistics.  Then, you might have an idea of how
hard it is to KISS.

Todd