On Jun 23, 2011 6:14 PM, "Jorge" <jo...@jorgechamorro.com> wrote: > > The C language is still (and -ISTM- will be for a long time) important, so -IMO- every little bit of JS's C-like syntax is a plus: less to learn: an old, popular, widely used, well-known, and familiar syntax.
The fraction of JS programmers who have ever used C is small and shrinking fast. Even for other Algol suburbs. > JS -unlike other languages- is important enough that it does not need to follow these (dubious) trendy fashions to become popular. Nor to survive. Do you really believe that these proposals are motivated by fashion? > Proper punctuation aids comprehension and we're programming, not writing quick SMSs. Punctuation can be valuable, especially for indicating the relationship between words and phrases, or disambiguating (c.f. uncle Jack and the horse). But we shouldn't make authors illuminate their leading caps, or write !!!1! whenever they want to exclaim. Abbreviations and are popular in speech because they make expression easier as well as shorter. Mike
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