not operator operator..

[S. Chancellor]

On 2006-04-03 22:24:39 -0700, "Regan Heath" <regan at netwin.co.nz> said:

> On Mon, 3 Apr 2006 20:34:24 -0700, S. Chancellor  
> <dnewsgr at mephit.kicks-ass.org> wrote:
>> I really really hate the !in, !is syntax.   I think a lot of other  
>> people do too.
> 
> I like !in and !is.
> 
>> I propose that the word not, become an operator on operators.
> 
> I don't like it.
> 
> - It's more typing.
> - "!" already means "not" to me (in this context).
> - I read "!is" as "not is" and can't see an advantage to having "is 
> not"  instead. (I don't see why it has to be correct english)
> 
> Regan

!is is ugly and hard to read, code is supposed to be beautiful.