explicit self revisited

[baalbek]

Peter Maas wrote:

> No magic. Just a dot. But perhaps a dot is too tiny. We could take JUST_ME
> or ME_AND_BOBBY_MCGEE instead, of course as a reserved keyword followed 
> by a
> dot ;)

Why a dot, and not a @, like in Ruby and Perl?

I think a dot is a particular bad idea, not the least due to poorer 
readability of code (and thou shall not underestimate the readability of 
code!).

Baalbek