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This is probably minor, but one of the things that bugs me is the incredibly shortened keywords. Is it really that much of a slowdown to type "function" or even
by LeafStorm 15y ago
This is probably minor, but one of the things that bugs me is the incredibly shortened keywords. Is it really that much of a slowdown to type "function" or even "func" instead of "fn"? Same with "ret" instead of "return".
- markokocic 15y agoIt is hard. Each time when I have to define callback inside callback inside callback using anonymous functions in javascript, I wish they chosen something shorthe than "function".
- BoppreH 15y agoThe problem is not typing speed, but word size. It fills the screen with garbage and is typo-prone. Small reserved words means I don't have another failed compilation because I typed "fucntion", or the small but significant mental pain of backspacing.
- Wilduck 15y agoA huge one for me is that for some reason I can never correctly type the word "Length". As if to highlight my point to myself, I consciously thought about how to type it, and still ended up with "lenght" on the screen. Python's built in function "len()" is a lifesaver in this regard.
- ori_b 15y agoSkimmability also suffers with long keywords.
- igouy 15y ago> Same with "ret" instead of "return" And if we're going to have something so devoid of obvious meaning as "ret" why not go the whole way down to a single character? Smalltalk which I generally consider to be a verbose language manages quite nicely using "^" to indicate an explicit return- ^answer