From: "Ellen.Dickey" <Ellen.Dickey@whidbey.com>  (occasional) To: Pharo-project@lists.gforge.inria.fr Date: Yesterday 08:38:13 pm

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Note that there is no attempt to change oddities of Smalltalk syntax.

I apologize to the list for calling Smalltalk syntax "odd". Coming from Scheme, I certainly know better.   I am certainly for minimalist syntax. I prefer (< lowBound x highBound) to ((lowBound < x) && (x < highBound)) and (+ 1/2 1/3 1/6) to (1/2) + (1/3) + (1/6) What can I say, I am lazy and a bad typist. Note that Scheme has zero (count 'em 0) precedence rules and 3+1/2i parses as a single number, not three numbers, two math "operations" and a coercion. I did mention that I am only an occasional Smalltalk user and I have used a lot of programming languages. Also, I am used to posting to systems which let me preview and exit my postings. This was a draft. Again, I apologize. -KenD