On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:38:18 +0100, St. wrote:

>     "If it ain't broke, don't fix it?"
> 
>      Just a thought Chris.

I wasn't the only one who had that thought, it seems.  :-)

Seriously, though, I agree with this - if there's functionality to add to 
SDL I'm all for that, but changing the format of things like object 
definitions is going to require people relearn the language - if that's 
going to happen, there ought to be a very good reason for doing so other 
than "we wanted a different syntax".

Taking what people are used to and changing it even *with* good reason 
tends to be met with a lot of resistance.  (As I work for Novell, just 
ask anyone who has used NetWare forever how they like running Open 
Enterprise Server on Linux for a prime example of the resistance to 
change phenomenon).

Jim

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