Meh. This is one of those things that people have been railing about for decades, and I think as "language issues" go, it's pretty minor. It's one of those th

Meh. This is one of those things that people have been railing about for decades, and I think as "language issues" go, it's pretty minor. It's one of those things that quickly simply ceases to be a real issue once you're past the "my first program" stage. Humans are flexible, they don't really have a huge problem adapting to disparate usages in disparate situations (mathematics vs. programming). IOW, it's bikeshedding. Yeah, even Wirth can bikeshed. [Note that I actually prefer Pascal-style ":=" for assignment and "=" for equality; I just think it's nicer (Wirth gave some examples as to why). However, it's clear that the C-style syntax has the momentum these days, and it just doesn't seem to be much of a problem.]