From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2009-02-24T09:12:31+09:00
Subject: Re: Nexus Programming Language

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On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 07:49:24AM +0900, Eric Promislow wrote:
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> Also at OSCON a few years ago Damian Conway, speaking from
> personal experience, claimed that any modern language that
> doesn't use a single '=3D' to indicate assignment is doomed to
> failure.  Having been on the wrong end of that argument
> I wouldn't hesitate to agree.

I'm actually of the opinion that the "need" to differentiate between the
assignment operator and the equality comparison operator is a failure of
language syntactic design, and not the universal necessity everyone seems
to assume.

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Chad Perrin [ content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
Quoth Martin Golding: "Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining
your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live."

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