Extending Python Syntax with @

[Peter Hickman]

David MacQuigg wrote:
> If you believe as I do that Python is not yet the ultimate language,
> and some syntactical changes are still to come, then it seems like
> using a very distinct symbol like @ may have some merits.

If what motivates you is the 'ultimate language' and think you can get 
closer to it by adding special characters then you are going to be very 
disappointed. The history of computing is littered with 'ultimate 
languages' that have had much more thought put into them than adding 
special characters to an existing language (C++ comes to mind) and they 
all have in common the fact that they failed.

To be fair C++ was never touted as an 'ultimate language' but you get 
the picture.

If you feel python has a significant flaw then say what it is and how 
you believe it would best be addressed. Using @ as a special character 
is just adding sugar to the syntax.

Maybe what we need is a language that has only a grammer and the syntax 
/ vocabulary comes from the objects. Or is that AppleScript?