Re: 1={}, is there really any other interpretation

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Pete Lomax wrote:
> > I think I'm violently allergic to this (':' or '@') syntax.
> > 
> I know exactly what you mean.

For now, I'm staying clear of this debate due to a lack of time to do it
justice. However, just for your information, I use a programming language (on a
daily basis) that has 'synonyms' for the standard comparision operators. In the
Progress programming language, one can write ...

   if Surname = "Parnell"

or

   if Surname eq "Parnell"

and the same goes with 'lt', 'gt', 'le', 'ge', and 'ne'.

It very quickly becomes second nature to read and write such code. 

Just saying ...

-- 
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
Skype name: derek.j.parnell

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