Re: Declaration design preference: type or name first

On 2007-10-31, Robbert Haarman <comp.lang.misc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> > Name first
>> >    var fred <integer>
>> > 
>> > Type first
>> >    var <integer> fred
>
> Given these two examples, I would propose, instead,
>
>    integer fred
>
> You save a token.

Is that a good thing? Note also that I think a syntax like the earlier is
easier to parse.

And when easier to parse don't think about for  just the
compiler/interpreter sake, but also highlighters, pretty printers,
do***entation generators etc. These are often created by lesser gods, and
C
is notoriously hard to decrypt automatically.