Re: RFC 109 (v1) Less line noise - let's get rid of @%

[Karl Glazebrook]

My point is that I find the use of $x and @x visually confusing, and now
arrays are often objects anyway really confusing.

Also lots of $$x{'hmm'] and \@x[...] are no good.

This human wants less clutter!

Karl

Dan Sugalski wrote:
> The ultimate target of a program's source code is the *programmer*.
> Programmers, being people (well, more or less... :), work best with symbols
> and rich context. Stripping contextual clues out of code does the
> programmer a disservice. We're at the point where we don't have to cater to
> the limitations of the computer hardware. That means we'll be better off if
> we cater to the limitations (and strengths!) of people's wetware.
> 
> Let's not move backwards and force people to work like machines. Instead,
> lets force machines to work like us.
> 
>                                         Dan
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