I would not understand that. In every language I've used that supported "point.x = 4", the returned value (if there is one) is 4, not point. Bosque's update i

I would not understand that. In every language I've used that supported "point.x = 4", the returned value (if there is one) is 4, not point. Bosque's update is more like CONS (or conj) than . = Your proposed syntax also doesn't have any obvious way to do a bulk update, and I'm not sure what syntax you're proposing for that. I maintain that it's more important for things to look like how they act, rather than look familiar -- especially if the familiar appearance does something functionally different -- https://stackoverflow.com/a/522168 https://stackoverflow.com/a/522168