Re: Declaration design preference: type or name first

On Oct 30, 9:25 am, James Harris <james.harri...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
> As a matter of preference the declarations of some languages put the
> type before the name such as
>
>    int x = 2;
>
> where others put the variable name before the type as in
>
>    x: integer := 2;
>
> I can see advantages to each and would be interested to know what
> other language designers and programmers (i.e. the customers of
> language designers) prefer.
>
> Any offers?

To be honest, IMO, this is such a small part of the language that I
just suggest you pick one style and stay with it. Most of a coder's
time is spent in the functional programming, I think. So while
im****tant, variable declaration syntax is not a big deal.

Bottom line, I guess I'm casting a vote against allowing both formats.

  HTH
  ed