@property needed or not needed?

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 11/20/12 2:48 AM, thedeemon wrote:
[snip]
> "one two three".split.map{|s| s.reverse}.join(' ')
> in Ruby
>
> print . unwords . map reverse . words $ "one two three"
> in Haskell
>
> "one two three" |> split " " |> List.map reverse |> String.join " " |>
> print_string
> in OCaml
> and something similar and even without dots in Scala.
> Ease of chaining functions together is one of the things that make those
> languages so pleasant to work with. I love to have the same in current D
> and it would be a pity to lose it due to a clash with some old-fashioned
> tradition.

A very good argument. Thanks!

Andrei