Dear Squeakers,

As a newcomer to Squeak, slowly coming from other Smalltalk and a 
supporter of as much unified Smalltalk world as possible, I strongly 
hope that you will choose := for an assignment operator (or one of 
them). Some reasons:

- consistence with other Smalltalks,
- consistence with other languages,
- lower barrier of entry for newcomers.

Best regards
Janko

Ralph Johnson wrote:
> On 6/8/06, Klaus D. Witzel <klaus.witzel at cobss.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 13:33:55 +0200, Lic. Edgar J. De Cleene wrote:
>> >
>> > I wonder why not use <- , two characters as := , but closer to original
>> > idea.
> 
> This is a bad idea, because you would be different from other
> Smalltalks for no good reason.  The right solution is to make the
> editor smarter.  That way you get compatibility AND a good user
> interface.
> 
> -Ralph Johnson
>