proposed syntax change

[Ary Borenszweig]

Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 04:35:41PM -0300, Ary Borenszweig wrote:
>> No. When porting C, C++, Java or C# code just search "//" and replace it 
>> with "--".
> 
> Problem with this is old habit. I find myself annoyed with languages that
> don't accept // comments just because I'm so used to typing them that it
> is my first instinct to comment a line.
> 
> Doing a find and replace of // with something else is fairly simple
> (it isn't trivial, since "//" != "--" even if // == --, but that's not too
> hard to work with), but retraining fingers to type something new is a pain
> to do.
> 
>> Oh wait... I think "--" is used elsewhere.
> 
> Secondly, as to why I asked if it was a joke: how can someone use D or C++
> and not know that // already has a meaning? I find it very hard to believe
> that someone can have any real world experience in the language at all and
> not know that // is in use.
> 
> If you don't have any real world experience in the language, or at least in
> its direct predecessor (C++), what business do you have proposing breaking
> changes to it?

Aww... I intended to sound ironic. Didn't make it. :(

Of course I think using "//" for something else is a disaster.