Looking for ugly code comparisons WAS: Slashdotter looking for kids' programming language

[Phil Jimmieson]

Maybe we need a synonym for "the ... of me" - how about something like  
"my"?

put my text into xx
set my hilite to true

etc.

On 12 Dec 2008, at 12:08, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote:

> Señor diablo,
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> The child in me agrees; and I was always better at math than reading.
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> Joe Wilkins
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> On Dec 12, 2008, at 3:52 AM, Dave Cragg wrote:
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>> On 12 Dec 2008, at 00:48, Judy Perry wrote:
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>>> I just want to show people
>>> that you can do things easier -- and certainly easier for a child  
>>> -- in Rev
>>> than in all those other languages being suggested.
>>
>> I'll play Devil's Advocate.
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>> There seems to be some assumptions about what is easier for a  
>> child. One of these assumptions is that a "simple English-like  
>> syntax" is simpler than other kinds of syntax. I wonder if that is  
>> not an adult prejudice.
>>
>> Compare these two ways of representing properties:
>>
>> the text of me
>> me.text
>>
>> I'd argue that the second is more visually representative of what  
>> we are trying to express. The dot becomes a "joining symbol" which  
>> is more easily remembered than the strange syntax of space + of +  
>> space. And what on earth is "the" all about?
>>
>> Perhaps I'm saying that Rev is a great language for old people to  
>> take up. :-)
>>
>> Cheers
>> Dave
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