Hi, Before closing (this thread?), I would like to write one more thing. First, because I am not a native English speaker, it doesn't actually matter how 1:n etc "reads" (simply because I don't pronounce them in mind :) Second, when I started learning Julia half a year ago (sorry for a slow starter...), I also felt awkward that I have two kinds of syntax for the same thing. So I tried to use "in" only for the time being (to mimic Python). But after a while I got back to "=", because it is gives more concise (and IMO more readable) expressions, particularly in array comprehension. For example,
a = [ f(i,j,k) for i=1:p, j=1:q, k=1:r ] a = [ f(i,j,k) for i in 1:p, j in 1:q, k in 1:r ] # In this sense \in (greek letter) is as concise as =, but typing in the greek character takes a bit more time... (though I may be able to customize Emacs if necessary). As for Python-like, "there should be only one syntax for one purpose (semantic?)" policy (sorry if my English is strange), there seem to be many counter examples in Julia. For example, vcat() and [ a; b ] seem essentially the same, while the latter is probably there for brevity. I think it is not bad to have a shorter way to write it unless there are serious problems. Btw, apart from the = vs in stuff, I really like this language because it allows multiple for-loops to be written concisely as for i = 1:p, j = 1:q, k = 1:r (do something) end Indeed, I used to use a macro like this in C++ before that allows to write For( i, 1, p, j, 1, p, k, 1, r ) { (do something) } so Julia has become one of my most favorite languages :) Sorry for a long post...