Re: Proposal: allow @, $, !, and ? in Lua identifiers

[Andrew Starks <andrew.starks@...>]

On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 11:09 AM, steve donovan
<steve.j.donovan@gmail.com> wrote:
> If != was an allowed _alternative_ to ~=, then no old scripts are broken.

What is the cost of the line of questions that goes something like:

"What's the difference between != and ~=? Why are there two ways to do
the same thing?"

Maybe, one day, Lua will be big enough where people say, "Why doesn't
MyLang use `~=`? Anyone coming from Lua is going to expect that!"

:)

--Andrew