On 5/1/02 1:19 PM, "Geir Magnusson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On 5/1/02 1:11 PM, "Nathan Bubna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> Geir said:
>>> Why don't you like &?
>> 
>> eh, various reasons have already been thrown out, but personally, it's the
>> similarity to && in velocity, similarity to bit-wise & in java, general
>> aesthetics (i think : looks nicer), and : is easier/quicker to type.   (not
>> necessarily in that order :-)
>> 
> 
> That's fair.  Just wondering.
> 
> I like "+" because of familairity, but prefer not to overload.  I therefore
> like "&" because of its use in other lighter programming environments (like
> VB) so there may be some familiarity with people.
> 
> I didn't mind "." either.
> 
> I don't like ":" because it's so similar to what you use for namespace
> declination (or whatever the right word is) in XML.
> 
> 
> It seems that while the below XML generation example is lucidly clear, I
> would imagine it could be confusing to some :
> 
> #if($whatever == true)
> 
>  <$namespace:$foobar attrib="get:$arg" />

Actually, the above "get:$arg" isn't problematic, but you could see how it
might be confusing.

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Geir Magnusson Jr.                                     [EMAIL PROTECTED]
System and Software Consulting
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