Is python not good enough?

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:03:26 -0800, Phlip wrote:

> On Jan 12, 7:09 am, ikuta liu <ikut... at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Go language try to merge low level, hight level and browser language.
> 
> Go uses := for assignment.
> 
> This means, to appease the self-righteous indignation of the math
> professor who would claim = should mean "equality"...
> 
> ...you gotta type a shift and 2 characters for a very common operator.

I doubt it has anything to do with "the math professor". Any maths 
professor will tell you that, in mathematics, = is used for both 
assignment and equality, since in maths they are the same thing.

And besides, equality testing is no less common than assignment. To 
appease the "self-righteous indignation of the C coders", we have to type 
== instead of = for a very common operator. No matter what convention you 
use, you're going to upset some group of people.

Seriously, I programmed in Pascal for many years, and typing := for 
assignment is not a burden.



-- 
Steven