On 19 April 2010 18:10, Schwab,Wilhelm K <bschwab@anest.ufl.edu> wrote:
Sig,
Never argue with an idiot - others might not be able to tell the difference. Â I beg you to raise the level of your arguments beyond name calling. Â Whether you see it that way or not, you mention "childhood" and it's over.
I am not using reddit. And indeed, a flame wars it a least interesting thing i wanna be part of. The point is, that smalltalk gives a clear answer (as to me), why it has such syntax: uniformity, simplicity and consistency. While in many other languages such answer could be depicted as: because others do. So, a central question in such discussions should be _why_ some language having such rules, and those who don't bother asking it, but instead, from a very start saying that its awfully bad, not worth my attention :)
Bill
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On 19 April 2010 16:53, Schwab,Wilhelm K <bschwab@anest.ufl.edu> wrote:
Sig,
You are missing the point: I *agree* that supporting precedence rules would very likely be bad and I would probably argue against any such change. Â Where you are doing damage to us all is by ridiculing someone who is raising a valid concern rather than debating that person with reasoned arguments.
I am serious. If you can't learn the simplest syntax rules, you can't learn anything else. And i don't care about what such people thinking, because they will never try to think different. They are found that moving in direction where crowd moves, is a best way. Its not interesting to them, if there are other directions, and some even doesn't interesting in what direction they are currently moving. They are told to move in that way and they moving.
Fine. Let this mindless crowd go its way. I don't feel a loss.
Bill
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