On 27/07/06, Brian Hulley
I'd be in favour of /if /case /let /\ etc instead of fi esac tel because it looks more systematic and follows the usual XML conventions for end tags. I'd suggest that floating point division should just be written `divide` - it's just a very specialised arithmetic op so why waste a nice symbol on it? (ditto ^ ^^ **) (I'd have thought integer division is used more often and no-one seems to mind writing `div`.)
Why I'd oppose this: 1. Decreases readability/clarity (brackets group things so much clearer) 2. No obvious benefits over brackets (just as many keystrokes, if not more) 3. Not at all backwards-compatible. I'd support your ideas to change the if syntax, if they weren't backwards-incompatible. I think something as basic as if statements can't really be changed now. It will always be a blot on the otherwise lovely Haskell syntax. -- -David House, dmhouse@gmail.com