Challenge (was: Re: [Squeak 0003836]: nil ~= 1and: [1 isNil] is parsed+compiled without complaint)

David Corking lists at dcorking.com
Fri Jul 14 13:08:22 UTC 2006


On 7/14/06, Bert Freudenberg <bert at impara.de> wrote:=
> >> (use "print it" to see the result). The result is unexpected for me,
> >> and I guess for everyone except maybe the guy who created that hack
> >> to allow ':=' to be used for assignment.
> >
> > Thanks for explaining.  It is a useful hack for me,
>
> You misunderstood me. I'm not at all suggesting to remove ':='
> assignment.

I thought so, Bert.  I was merely covering all the bases.  I
deliberately gave myself an excuse to go off topic on why the 'left
arrow' bothers me a little.

:= is ugly but there are no better characters for assignment on these
crummy 20th century keyboards.  That is, unless you are in the smug
minority who think, as I do, that (set ...) and (define ...) are
elegant.

David



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