I also tend to agree with this sentiment, despite having loved operator
overloading in C++.
My reasoning is that javascript has no current operator overloading to speak of
and adding
recent proposed operator syntax variations would seem to be better delegated to
a transpiler of your choice.
IMHO a better approach would be to minimize operator overloading in the current
grammar
and standardize an extensible grammar model/framework so that coffeescript,
traceur and cousins
are more easily produced and transpiled to a simple (if not verbose) target.
Having a common grammar
framework based on PEG's or something with similar characteristics (closed
under composition, scannerless,
ordered choice) and standardized among browser vendors would allow far more
developers to innovate
at the grammar level with the most popular or innovative grammar dialects being
crafted by many rather than a few.
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From: David Griffiths <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 8:46 AM
Subject: Function syntax
I agree with John, here, and think his sentiment is probably the most
appropriate of all I've read.
For all the talk about what's "usable" and "readable", I haven't seen much
mention of empirical testing done with ordinary people... (My sincere apologies
if there's some usability test lab for middlingly intelligent JavaScripters
that I'm not aware of).
It's worth remembering that nobody, no matter how well-intentioned, can ever
really imagine what it's like to be more stupid or more ignorant than they
currently are.
John J. Barton wrote:
> Both application developers and library/framework developers benefit
> from clear, widely understandable code. Adding bizarre special
> characters and programming constructs that require world-class
> programming language expertise to understand helps neither group. > jjb
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