[Grace-core] Binding symbol and egality symbol
James Noble
kjx at ecs.vuw.ac.nz
Fri Nov 12 11:44:11 PST 2010
> Incidentally, I also agree with the choice of "const" as a keyword.
> When I saw the "let" I immediately wondered why that was chosen.
> "const" is immediately clear and expressive, "let" requires
> explanation and interpretation.
I don't think there is a good solution here - at least not in English.
The problem with "const" - or scala's "val"
is that, well, the object being bound to the name isn't necessarily
constant (or a value)
const at least has the associations from Pascal.
I'd originally hoped to follow Self - without any keywords, which is
why the symbols were different.
fixedSlot = anObject
variableSlot <- anObject
Hmm: perhaps "fixed"?
James
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