Re: mainly syntax

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Pete Eberlein just wrote:

>How about a slice end denoted by "..]"?  For example,
>
>s = s[2..]
>
>No new keywords, no extra typing for those lazy folks, and it makes sense
>to me.

A very interesting twist, much better than my original '-1'
suggestion, but I suspect quite unacceptable to people who insist all
keywords must have 7+ letters. Thinking about it now, I like best
David's alternative, simply because it allows more general
shorter/faster/clearer(?) tail indexing, as in, for example,

    x = s[end-2],  or s = s[3..end-1]

instead of current

    x = s[length(s)-2], or s = s[3..length(s)-1]

Thanks, Pete, also for the explanation of the 'foo/bar' thing. Jiri

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