Re: Syntax, expressiveness and the beauty of Tcl

Stephan Kuhagen wrote:

One point on the wiki-page was the syntax for math expressions like

x=a+b

in a "normal" language (whatever this means) which is

set x [expr $a+$b]


My personal favourite is to do [interp alias {} expr {} =] so I can
write:

set x [ = $a + $b ]

which in a way looks a little normal again albeit with added [] noise.
Of course for maximum speed I'd have to write:

set x [= { $a + $b }]

with a lot more noise: [{}]. But it's good enough for me. And it's
compact enough for direct calculations in Tk:

label .l -width [= 150+$a] -height [= $a+$b]

and it also reads quite nice (width "equals" 150 "plus" $a).

.

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