Gerrit Holl gerrit.holl at pobox.com
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Evguenii Smogailov wrote on 948321465:
> Hi all,
> 
> Maybe someone (like PSA member) would like to submit this (below) as an 
> entry to the To-Do list (in minor language design section)?
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> 
> New operators:
> 1) 'eq' (like '==');
> 2) 'ne' (like '!=','<>');
> 3) 'last' (like 'continue');
> 4) '..' for generating sequences (like '1..20' or 'a..z'),
> like in Perl.
> 
> Generally for improving readability,

Do you really think "a eq b" is more readable than "a == b"?
And 'last'? Why 'last' if we have 'continue'?

And I'd HATE 1..20

> (and Perl compatibility).

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKS

regards,
Gerrit.

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