On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 11:01:51AM -0700, Thom Boyer wrote: > Mr. Nobody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 3) "Do you care about readability at all? It seems to me that ~> and <~ > have no use except making perl 6 uglier and more complicated than it already > is." > > I think ~> and <~ look pretty nice. They read well as a single symbol, they > make good sense, they make it possible to say more directly exactly what > your code means, they show the direction of data flow quite well, and the > "ripply water" look emphasizes the plumbing analogy.
Yep. The only niggling problem that I have is that ~> and <~ aren't stringy but the look like they should be. If we hadn't already taken ->, I'd've preferred to see -> and <- instead. But, I'm sure I'll be happy with whatever Larry decides. He always seems to apply the appropriate discriminator in his synthesis of ideas. -Scott -- Jonathan Scott Duff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
