Re: Comment Syntax

Thomas Davie wrote:

Except that there is a good reason (pos two) why the language is wrong - it's inconsistant with the other comment syntax, and it's confusing to newbies.

I tend to think of "--" as a reserved word in the same sense as "case" is a reserved word. Hence, -- starts a comment, --> doesn't. The opening brace ({) is not a symbol character, so {- is in the same category as the semicolon, special symbol, not a reserved word. I was actually delighted to learn that it works like this. For newbies, just tell them that "-- " is the comment starter. It works well enough, and newbies get a lot of other half-truths, so it's nothing earth-shattering :)