Re: Alternative comment syntax

2017-03-30 Thread Rick
Ok, I give up.

Re: Alternative comment syntax

2017-03-30 Thread Rick
One key # is found only in UK and Ireland a far as I know. Lucky guys, they are. All arguments were done. Requested proof of importance presented. No need to extend pro argumentation anymore. Just need people to think more open minded and understand that "this feature" adds much more than takes.

Re: Alternative comment syntax

2017-03-30 Thread Rick
([https://s28.postimg.org/5ugjzoeql/tiobe-double-slashes.png](https://s28.postimg.org/5ugjzoeql/tiobe-double-slashes.png)) As for Ad Hominems, it's made when someone attacks another person, and not his/her arguments. No attacks against anyone were made while argumenting. No Ad Hominems were made

Re: Alternative comment syntax

2017-03-30 Thread Rick
I must keep in mind that I, and anyone, would be using any machine, with any editor present. That's why I think we must design the language the best way possible without thinking in something like "why don't you reconfigure YOUR computer to translate // to #" ? 1. Because sometimes I will use

Re: Alternative comment syntax

2017-03-30 Thread Rick
I thought he was implementing an "operator like" behavior for the string "//", I couldn't believe it was really used as an operator in the language; now I see that they used "//" as an initRational() "alias" operator. Well, I consider this a bad preliminary choice, it's confusing clashing direc

Re: Alternative comment syntax

2017-03-29 Thread Rick
Nim is full of alternative ways of doing the same. Preference and style. This will aggregate more people. I like the language, but I hate the "#" so much (as others) that I decided to wast some time here to expose this fact, and try to convince Pythonic purists that there is a huge team of "//"

Re: Alternative comment syntax

2017-03-29 Thread Rick
Well... so I don't like Nim anymore.

Re: Alternative comment syntax

2017-03-29 Thread Rick
No way. :D Nim is... Nimesque. Unique. The block system is Pythonesque, but it has ADAlisms, Object-pascalisms, and Cpluspluslisms. The possibility of evolving it to the better, aggregating better justified designs is awesome. //- -// is better designed than the old /*

Re: Alternative comment syntax

2017-03-29 Thread Rick
I write a lot of comments, that's why I give such importance to this topic.

Re: Alternative comment syntax

2017-03-29 Thread Rick
I've explained on the text. The minus "-" is the key right over the brackets on USA based keyboards, and at a good right spot in almost all accessible in just one key press. The square brackets, are not available (visually) in some and you need to find a combination of keys to invoke it. Instead

Alternative comment syntax

2017-03-29 Thread Rick
Hello, I also use many different languages, and not a fan of the Python/Ruby comment syntax "#" :P First, the justification: 1. Many keyboards does not have an one key access to "#", as the "/" key, mine for instance, I usually need to look at alt-3 or sh