Re: syntax likes and dislikes (RE: Evaluating LUA)

["Dan Partelly" <dan_partelly@...>]

I for one, Im completly for eliminating redundancy.

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Passaniti" <jpass@rochester.rr.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list" <lua-l@tecgraf.puc-rio.br>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 6:29 PM
Subject: RE: syntax likes and dislikes (RE: Evaluating LUA)


> > With the current syntax you can almost
> > form statements that read much like
> > an English sentence:
>
> Find the 'then' in the following English sentence:
>
> If Sue is hungry she'll eat the apple.
>
> I honestly don't believe that removing DO and THEN from non-programmer's
> introduction to Lua is going to be the biggest stumbling block they'll
have
> with the language!
>
> My interest in removing unnecessary syntax is not to reduce typing, but to
> make Lua a smaller and more trim language.  Admittedly, making two
keywords
> optional doesn't substantially result in a leaner language, but it is
> consistent with the Lua author's stated goals.
>
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