Interesting (funny) side note: Niklaus Wirth did return the very same token named colon for ".." as well as for ":" in his Pascal compiler (page 24 and 25 in [1

Interesting (funny) side note: Niklaus Wirth did return the very same token named colon for ".." as well as for ":" in his Pascal compiler (page 24 and 25 in [1]). So back then you could have chosen whatever you prefer… :-) [1] https://www.research-collection.ethz.ch/bitstream/handle/20.500.11850/68667/eth-3055-01.pdf https://www.research-collection.ethz.ch/bitstream/handle/20....