begin quoting Chuck Esterbrook as of Sun, Jan 06, 2008 at 02:28:15PM -0800: > On Jan 4, 2008 1:55 AM, SJS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [chop] > > Hm... and don't you lose that keystroke savings by having stuff like > > "as" and "of" as keywords? (If I'm reading the examples correctly, > > you use "i as int" instead of "int i", which is an additional 3 > > keystrokes... > > Yep, but I consider names to be really important and I prefer to have > them up front: > > class Point > > var _x as int > var _y as int > > Also, if you use dynamic typing, like in Smalltalk or Python, you can > just leave them off: > > class Point > > var _x > var _y
Okay. So instead of having a "dynamic type" (a la ObjC's "id"), you have optional static typing.... gotcha. Did you keep the Smalltalk(ish?) "respondsTo:" concept? [snip] > > Worked for perl, didn't it? :) > > For a time, but Python continues to rise while Perl continues to sink: > http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm Well, that's because it's the new shiny. [chop] > > I actually would be really okay with a compiler that *complained* > > about indentation inconsistencies. > > > > Honest! > > ??? > > Are you really Stuart? Nope. Never been a Stuart. -- Some say I was named for the kings of old Buried, dead, decomposing, and quite cold. Stewart Stremler -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
