I take the evolutionary approach: if it was A Good Idea it would have been copied by now.
Best Regards Themos Tsikas > From: Waldek Hebisch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > When I began to use Axiom closing parenthesis looked pointless and > obscure to me. Now I can see reasons for using closing parenthesis > and I think it is both obscure and ingenious. It is ingenious > largely because of obscurity -- closing parenthesis at the > beginning of the line rarely conflicts with other uses. However > it is confusing at least for computer literate people -- we > are trained that parenthesis should always match. It may > be confusing for programs: once you put system command in > a file simple editor functions to show matching parenthesis > will behave strangely. > > Also, we have at least on bug report where closing parenthesis > is user input is wrongly read as system command. And there > are subtle differences between input taken from standard > input, input read via read command and Shoe (old Boot and > Spad use the same handler so they should be compatible). ________________________________________________________________________ The Numerical Algorithms Group Ltd is a company registered in England and Wales with company number 1249803. The registered office is: Wilkinson House, Jordan Hill Road, Oxford OX2 8DR, United Kingdom. This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list Axiom-developer@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer
