> Because it overthrows a century old tradition And if the goal of mathematicians and programmers were the same, this might be a compelling argument. In no s

> Because it overthrows a century old tradition And if the goal of mathematicians and programmers were the same, this might be a compelling argument. In no sense do I see my programs as giant algorithms, they're machines, and as such require different syntax to construct. > But mixing up assignment and comparison is a truly bad idea Then := is also a bad decision. You should use the fully historically supported form of 'let <variable> = <value>'. Both := and == suffer from the fact that if you omit a single character, you change assignment into comparison or vice versa. It strikes me as a nitpicky argument for it's own sake.