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On 1 May 2012, at 19:19, Bj=F6rn-Egil Dahlberg wrote:

> It is entirely possible we are fooling ourselves with a similar syntax =
and would be better off with a completely different syntax.

I'm in the camp of

- similar syntax indicates similar semantics
- different syntax indicates different semantics

=85or something to that effect. Most importantly, I definitely agree =
that borrowing a syntax just because it's well-established, is a very =
bad idea if your intention is to give it different semantics from what =
one would expect.

BR,
Ulf W

Ulf Wiger, Co-founder & Developer Advocate, Feuerlabs Inc.
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semantics</div><div>- different syntax indicates different =
semantics</div><div><br></div><div>=85or something to that effect. Most =
importantly, I definitely agree that borrowing a syntax just because =
it's well-established, is a very bad idea if your intention is to give =
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