prototype for operator proposal for review

[Brendan Eich]

On May 18, 2011, at 9:51 AM, Brendan Eich wrote:

> On May 18, 2011, at 9:47 AM, Allen Wirfs-Brock wrote:
> 
>> In the end, these are just symbols  and JS programmer are just going to have to learn their meaning. Existing conventions, if they exist, and analogous do impact initial learnability but in the long run I don't know if it makes much a difference as long as they aren't prone to keyboarding hazards.
> 
> The precedents matter a bit, even if we try to create a new idiom. The problem is < not | (although doesn't that look too light in Helvetica on either side?).

I don't think :> works, as you say. It looks like crap, frankly, in too many fonts. However, does |> not work?

/be