The thing is that while Scheme code is mostly functional, some Factor code performs a lot of mutation -- anything that uses variables, hashtables, etc. I'm not sure having ! suffixes would really help.
Slava On 13-Dec-07, at 3:01 PM, Bruno Deferrari wrote: > If I understand correctly, the problem isn't wanting # to be the > comment character or that ! isn't good by itself, it is that it would > be nice to use ! in words that perform side effects (like in Scheme) > without making things confusing. > > Also, instead of # I would use ` as I find # more useful to have as a > word (or as part of a word). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It's the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;164216239;13503038;w?http://sf.net/marketplace _______________________________________________ Factor-talk mailing list Factor-talk@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk
