On Friday, Oct 11, 2002, at 23:21 Asia/Tokyo, Aaron Crane wrote: > Vaguely heretical, I know, but I'd be inclined to do something like > this: > > Perl 5 Proposed Perl 6 > $x && $y $x & $y > $x || $y $x | $y > > $x & $y bitand($x, $y) > $x | $y bitor($x, $y)
Objection, your honor. perl5 ($x & $y) might be uncommon enough to justify this. But how about &= vs. &&=, |= vs. ||= ? Those are both used very often so by saving one symbol we lose consistency. Dan |= MAN | FATHER | PERL5POTER | tobe->user->(PERL6)
