[The Java Posse] Re: Do scientists agonize over syntax as much as we do?

2011-03-18 Thread Roland Tepp
On Mar 18, 2:11 am, mP wrote: > the large world of places like China. If one day China decides to write up > java.net and to make all APIs in Chinese (forgetting how hard it is to type > w/ Chinese pictographs) what does that mean for language design in the > future ? Funny you should mention t

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Do scientists agonize over syntax as much as we do?

2011-03-17 Thread mP
For me some people might think that symbols are more appropriate than English keywords, especially as not everyone speaks English, and some roman letter text looks almost the same as some random glyphs. Then again that argument is nonsense as most APIs and documentation are in English however t

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Do scientists agonize over syntax as much as we do?

2011-03-15 Thread Kevin Wright
On 15 Mar 2011 17:13, "Cédric Beust ♔" wrote: > > > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 8:11 AM, Eric Jablow wrote: >> >> >> >> On Mar 14, 4:20 pm, Cédric Beust ♔ wrote: >> > 2011/3/14 Alexey Zinger >> > >> >> > I certainly agree that a few people in our community have a strange sense of >> > readability

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Do scientists agonize over syntax as much as we do?

2011-03-15 Thread Cédric Beust ♔
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 8:11 AM, Eric Jablow wrote: > > > On Mar 14, 4:20 pm, Cédric Beust ♔ wrote: > > 2011/3/14 Alexey Zinger > > > > > I certainly agree that a few people in our community have a strange sense > of > > readability, such as people who think that ":->>" is a fine name for a > >

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Do scientists agonize over syntax as much as we do?

2011-03-15 Thread Alexey Zinger
lexey From: Eric Jablow To: The Java Posse Sent: Tue, March 15, 2011 11:11:19 AM Subject: [The Java Posse] Re: Do scientists agonize over syntax as much as we do? On Mar 14, 4:20 pm, Cédric Beust ♔ wrote: > 2011/3/14 Alexey Zinger > > I certainly agree that a

[The Java Posse] Re: Do scientists agonize over syntax as much as we do?

2011-03-15 Thread Eric Jablow
On Mar 14, 4:20 pm, Cédric Beust ♔ wrote: > 2011/3/14 Alexey Zinger > > I certainly agree that a few people in our community have a strange sense of > readability, such as people who think that ":->>" is a fine name for a > method (here

[The Java Posse] Re: Do scientists agonize over syntax as much as we do?

2011-03-14 Thread Chris Winters
On Mar 14, 10:08 pm, Reinier Zwitserloot wrote: > ... > actually seem to impede PHP's meteoric rise much. I'd think few would argue > PHP is a language that really did anything interesting on the language > design front (in fact, it's the nickelback of programming languages!), and > yet its one of