2008/12/4 Mark S. Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Welcome to the syntax races. "lambda" takes an early lead, but drops back > because of too much weight. For a while, it's neck and neck between "||" and > "^", with "\" following closely and "fn", "&", and other trailing. Many old > timers (including your commentator) are rooting for "||" because of its > previous historic performances. But "||" trips up over ambiguities not > present on its original track. "^" is now in the lead. Oh no! It trips on a > different ambiguity. This track seems riddled with more ambiguities than any > of these contenders have ever trained on. Seeing "^" stumble, "&" and other > contenders saddled with "binary operator"ness, drop back and concede. "\" > has taken the lead....
I have my money on "lambda". I'm thinking it has the endurance necessary. It has already lasted longer in history than all the others. Peter _______________________________________________ Es-discuss mailing list Es-discuss@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
