Why we will use obj$func() often

[Paul Prescod]

Mark Hahn wrote:
>...
> 
> My biggest problem right now is stupid aesthetics.  I have to decide where
> to place Prothon on the continuum between lisp and perl.  When I crossed the
> line and added $ for self people screamed bloody murder that it looked like
> Perl.  Before when I had a period for self they thought it looked great.  I
> can't believe how much they care about something so silly.

Yes, people are irrational. But if you care about language popularity 
you have to take that into account. Else you end up with a language that 
never goes mainstream like Lisp.

  Paul Prescod