Re: RFC 109 (v1) Less line noise - let's get rid of @%

[Kai Henningsen]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dan Sugalski)  wrote on 15.08.00 in 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> The ultimate target of a program's source code is the *programmer*.

True.

> Programmers, being people (well, more or less... :), work best with symbols
> and rich context.

This particular programmer *hates* what Perl does with @ and %.

>Stripping contextual clues out of code does the
> programmer a disservice.

You mean like when you access members of @x, you have to write $x?

>We're at the point where we don't have to cater to
> the limitations of the computer hardware. That means we'll be better off if
> we cater to the limitations (and strengths!) of people's wetware.

Please do, and get rid of this particular language misfeature.


MfG Kai