Syntax & Sematics [was: Re: [Enough already] Re: Proposal3:
Karl Goiser
Lists at TassieMade.com.au
Tue Jun 6 01:58:49 UTC 2000
Hello,
I thought the whole problem with Java when I first started looking at
it was that they had copied the C/C++ syntax! 'Hey, let's let all
those C/C++ people get easy access to our new language by letting
them think they are using C/C++!' Who said that? The marketing
department? Why not just let them use C/C++?
If you copy the syntax, you'll be dragged into copying the semantics as well:
int i;
i = 1;
if (i && a == b) { do some code }
And it's a big slide down hill from there...
One of the great things I love about Smalltalk is its simplicity of syntax.
Karl
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