> Decorators are in some folks' sights for Harmony, but not ES.next. However, > they're still too verbose.
I like to distinguish between (1) encoding complexity for people who write code and (2) encoding complexity for people who read code. (2) is much more important than (1). Examples: - Perl optimizes (1), to the detriment of (2) - Smalltalk optimizes (2). - Semicolons fall into a similar category: As a reader, I’m used to punctuation and have an *easier* time reading code with semicolons, but they are obviously more to type. I can usually handle a few special characters, but there is a threshold, after which I prefer full-blown keywords (again: those are parsed by the brain as a single token, so the cognitive load compared to single characters is about the same). If ES.next lands between Perl and Smalltalk, I’ll be very happy. ;-) If one includes ES.next’s quasis, then ES.next might even be at the center of a triangle (Java, Smalltalk, Lisp) – which is a good thing. -- Dr. Axel Rauschmayer a...@rauschma.de twitter.com/rauschma home: rauschma.de blog: 2ality.com _______________________________________________ es-discuss mailing list es-discuss@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
