Re: Colon Operator: Superfluous Syntax?

[roberto@... (Roberto Ierusalimschy)]

> It sounds quite logical, and the colon operator often seems to be
> irritating for beginners (which I really don't understand at all,
> since it is dead simple - but it is often the topic of posts and was
> always taking longer than I expected when teached in courses).

I am not sure why, but this comment reminded me of an interesting text
that I read recently:

  http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/ThePerilsofJavaSchools.html

-- Roberto