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Re: Complex forms deprecated?

Frank Terbeck <ft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Marc Chantreux <marc.chantreux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> [...]
>> I understand your point of view and you're free to use stone age syntax  
>> but i just think that the modern syntax would *not* be deprecated.
>
> Just as a side-note: I don't know if syntaxes using braces in
> programming languages is a newer concept then closing keywords, but
> calling one 'stone-age' and the other 'modern' seems just wrong.

Good point, particularly when using a mouse is considered modern in
many circles.  I consider it positively _stone_-_age_ since it is an
extension of one's hand, whereas using a keyboard is a decidedly
19th-century activity ;)

Joel

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