It looks like Eich's original pitch was for both => (lexical this) and -> (dynamic this), but the latter was cut for political reasons. Out-of-band info from h

It looks like Eich's original pitch was for both => (lexical this) and -> (dynamic this), but the latter was cut for political reasons. Out-of-band info from here: https://twitter.com/brendaneich/status/186156717506166784 https://twitter.com/brendaneich/status/186156717506166784 https://twitter.com/brendaneich/status/186160406300082176 https://twitter.com/brendaneich/status/186160406300082176 https://twitter.com/brendaneich/status/186162306521120770 https://twitter.com/brendaneich/status/186162306521120770 https://twitter.com/brendaneich/status/186162532367601666 https://twitter.com/brendaneich/status/186162532367601666