<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Em sáb., 13 de mai. de 2023 às 12:20, Jim Laskey <<a href="mailto:james.laskey@oracle.com">james.laskey@oracle.com</a>> escreveu:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div><div>Not sure I see the point of making all languages the same.</div></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div>
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</blockquote></div>The point is avoiding the small cost of "mental switching".<div>Using $ to mark a variable name is a tradition that goes way back, and is familiar to many.</div><div>There is no need to make all languages the same, but reducing the difference diminishes the cost of transitioning.</div><div>But then, in a brazillian ABNT2 keyboard, \ is an easily accessible key, and $ requires pressing shift.</div><div>So maybe in this case things will balance out in the end, at least for me. :-)</div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Pedro Lamarão</div></div></div></div></div>