On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Allen Wirfs-Brock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think Ingvar bring up an interesting point. While this usage on "let" > feels very natural to those of us who have had exposure to functional > languages that use it in this manner, it may not be nearly so intuitive to > the millions of "script writers" who will be exposed to it. (And, arguably, > there are probably still quite a few more former BASIC programmers out there, > to whom "let" means assignment, then there are Scheme and ML programmers.) > In addition, while I can't personally speak to it, I can also see where there > may be understandability issues for non-native English speakers. > > I think it is a fine idea to consider usability issues like this as we work > towards defining ES-Harmony.
Perl uses "my". Short. Implies scope. http://perldoc.perl.org/functions/my.html > Allen - Sam Ruby _______________________________________________ Es-discuss mailing list Es-discuss@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
