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Re: :NONAME a different viewpoint

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Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> writes:

> In article <87wr1vpusz.fsf@inbox.ru>, Aleksej Saushev  <asau@inbox.ru> wrote:
>>Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> writes:
>>
>>> I would greatly prefer  (: .... ;) .
>>
>>It is really bad idea to use anything containing ")" when you lack proper lexer.
>
> Like
> (;) (DO) (LOOP) (+LOOP) (?DO)
> for the runtime compiled in by ; DO etc. ?
>
> Or having words like
> (CREATE) (FIND)
> that underly CREATE FIND ?

Yes. The only reason why it isn't annoying is that these words are not used
frequently.

> It is some hassle if you want to comment out code, but that is such
> a bad habit, that I don't care much.

Commenting code out is not a bad habit. It is storing all unnecessary
side steps in a version control system what constitutes bad habit.

> A block where each line starts
> with \ stands out better anyway.

If it were that way, we wouldn't be using parentheses in natural languages.


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:NONAME a different viewpoint Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-22 14:45 +0000
  Re: :NONAME a different viewpoint Aleksej Saushev <asau@inbox.ru> - 2012-07-22 21:30 +0400
    Re: :NONAME a different viewpoint "Rod Pemberton" <do_not_have@notemailnot.cmm> - 2012-07-22 19:28 -0400
      Re: :NONAME a different viewpoint "Elizabeth D. Rather" <erather@forth.com> - 2012-07-22 14:14 -1000
        Re: :NONAME a different viewpoint Alex McDonald <blog@rivadpm.com> - 2012-07-23 04:28 -0700
      Re: :NONAME a different viewpoint Aleksej Saushev <asau@inbox.ru> - 2012-07-23 05:35 +0400
        Re: :NONAME a different viewpoint Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-23 15:38 +0000
    Re: :NONAME a different viewpoint Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2012-07-23 03:24 +0000
      Re: :NONAME a different viewpoint Aleksej Saushev <asau@inbox.ru> - 2012-07-25 03:02 +0400
  Re: :NONAME a different viewpoint "A. K." <akk@nospam.org> - 2012-07-23 07:48 +0200
    Re: :NONAME a different viewpoint Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2012-07-22 23:01 -0700

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