On Mon, 18 May 2009 23:02:37 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > Derek Parnell wrote: >> On Mon, 18 May 2009 21:47:01 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: >> >>> Derek Parnell wrote: >>>> On Mon, 18 May 2009 19:31:23 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: >>>> >>>>> I completely disagree that that's a special case. ".." is punctuation. >>>>> You can't pretend punctuation has the same meaning everywhere in a >>>>> programming language. >>>> I'm a bit confused. Are you saying that one must expect that the meaning of >>>> punctuation in a programming language depends on the context the >>>> punctuation is found in? >>> How many meanings does '[' have in your favorite programming language? >> >> One. > > No.
But you never asked for the name of my favourite language? -- Derek Parnell Melbourne, Australia skype: derek.j.parnell