x = y + z (instead of put y + z into x) x += 1 (instead of add 1 to x) x.myProperty = foo (instead of set myProperty of x to foo)
Not supporting these standard statements make the language look a bit "beginner-ish"
Gee Frank,
If memory serves, none of these "standard" statements would pass a FORTRAN, COBOL, PL/1, Pascal, or Modula compiler or a BASIC interpreter.
Must C syntax prevail for a language to be non-"beginner-ish"? --
Rob Cozens CCW, Serendipity Software Company http://www.oenolog.net/who.htm
"And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three; Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee."
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