Omissible Parentheses...

[Adam D. Ruppe]

On Sat, Aug 01, 2009 at 11:49:04PM -0400, Benji Smith wrote:
> >http://igsoft.net/dpolls/poll/results.php?pollid=1
> >http://igsoft.net/dpolls/poll/results.php?pollid=2
> >
> >
> >Andrei
> 
> If I'm not mistaken, each of those polls shows a two-to-one preference 
> for getting rid of omissable parentheses and introducing a dedicated 
> property syntax of some kind.

They also prove that there are more than one person who are fairly happy
with the current system.

There might be a majority in favor of a change, but the prospects are much
more iffy about there being enough votes to kill our filibuster!


(I'm not sure if filibusters are common outside of American politics, so
 if you aren't familiar with the term, it is when someone in the US Senate
 debates a proposed bill non stop until the proposal just dies and nothing
 is changed. The filibuster can be stopped with 60 votes out of the 100
 senators - something that can be a pain to get, and leads to a lot of 
 compromise to keep the bill alive.

 In other words: see what happens on this newsgroup :P )


> 
> --benji

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