Must _ go like the Dodo?

Bob Arning arning at charm.net
Mon Mar 15 23:08:01 UTC 1999


On Mon, 15 Mar 1999 12:17:03 -0600 Maurice Rabb <m3rabb at stono.com> wrote: 
>At 9:04 AM -0800 3/15/99, Dan Ingalls wrote:
>>
>>I think this is the way to go.  I would not try to deal with a minus sign
>>here, but underbar should be usable when we drop the old assignment.  [I
>>don't plan to do this until v3.0 because it implies a change of the
>>sources].  I have been wanting dotted global names for quite a while.
>
>
>While I am very happy to hear about the coming work on modularity, I am
>dismayed to learn that _ is on the outs.  That's too bad!  Finally an
>assignment symbol I like, and now it is slated for destruction.

I like _ so much that I would keep it regardless.

Cheers,
Bob





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