gah! I hate the new string syntax

John W. Baxter jwbnews at scandaroon.com
Fri Mar 2 17:50:22 EST 2001


In article <97opsb$nhu$1 at nntp6.u.washington.edu>,
 Donn Cave <donn at u.washington.edu> wrote:

> I bet when people see ";".join(...) with fresh eyes, they still
> find it strained.  This is not about the old school vs. the new,
> it's a serious question of how people understand computer programming
> languages.  Is it like natural language?  Can we think about it in
> sort of mathematical terms, like symmetry etc.?  Does everyone handle
> it basically the same way?

Take two APLs, or a liberal dose of John Iverson, and all will be well.  
;-)

Fortunately, it's not the only way to join.

  --John

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John W. Baxter   Port Ludlow, WA USA  jwbnews at scandaroon.com



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