On 10/18/05, Fournier Eric <emf at umn.edu> wrote:
> Observations on the assignment operator thread:
> The same argument holds for using the up-arrow '^' replacement for
> return. '^ foo' should be 'return foo' IMO because it reads
> unambiguously. Typing convenience can be accomplished using keyboard
> macro widgets (QuicKeys comes to mind).

The up-arrow/caret/circumflex has been around since almost the
beginning as far as I can remember.  Should we abandon 30+ years of
history just because other languages use a keyword?

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