Dependence on Programming Experts

[Mark Smith]

Fair enough. I guess I'd say if they can do it, and it doesn't break  
any existing code or anything, and if enough people want it, then why  
not?

I suppose one lingering objection might be that too many syntaxes  
might make it difficult for one person to read anothers code, but  
then there are probably already enough differences in peoples coding  
styles for such difficulties to arise, anyway.

Best,

Mark

On 12 Jul 2006, at 02:29, Troy Rollins wrote:

> I understand the historical "reasons", but the argument that it  
> would mess anything up I just can't see. Like anything else, the  
> purpose is within the context.
>
> You would no sooner put
>
> x = 5
>
> on a line by itself for any reason other than assignment of value,  
> than you would put
>
> true
>
> or
>
> false
>
> on lines by themselves. I don't see any opportunity for ambiguity  
> of intention here. Director has had this syntax without problems  
> for many years.
>
> x = 5 // assignment
> if x = 5 then // comparison
>
>
> I can't tell you how many times I've first written variable  
> assignments this way in Revolution only to turn around and say "oh  
> yeah...  PUT the key into the backpack...PUT 5 into x...".
>
> Yes. Revolution coding STILL seems to me like playing text  
> adventure games from the 80s.  ;-)