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I name variables 'old', 'current', and 'new' all the time. Just not in C++/Java. And why would you want to name a variable 'int'?

• paulddraper 11y ago
  Or in JS. Or in C#. That covers a lot of the big ones. Perhaps you should name your language, so I can provide better examples.
  • Retra 11y ago
    Examples of what? Ways to name variables so they look like keywords? I don't need your help with that. Even if I used a language that used keywords like 'ssalc' and 'wen', you could contrive some reason to be upset that you can't use those words in your code. The advantage offered by keywords is readability, and it comes at the expense of your ability to use those words for other purposes. If that's unacceptable, then your priorities are probably misplaced. Plus, you can always use a grammar that distinguishes between keyword rules and variable rules, and you'll never have any unambiguity. Even if popular languages don't do this, that's not a general problem for computer languages.
    • paulddraper 11y ago
      > Ways to name variables so they look like keywords? I don't need your help with that. Oh good. My comment was in response to someone who doubt keywords would ever make good variable names (e.g. class). > you can always use a grammar that distinguishes between keyword rules and variable rules, and you'll never have any unambiguity. Yes, that is nice. And that's what W does. As an ancestor comment said, kudos for a "clean syntax"! (NOTE: there are alternatives, e.g. Scala's backticks. But W's choice is a good one.)