> New operators — !, //, %%, =~, |>, .new(), and more
Reactive operators — :=, ~=, ~> as language syntax
I my mind, this is such common mistake in language design. For people familiar with the language, adding just-one-more operator is very enticing: it's succinct and avoids naming things. But do that a few times and the language becomes a cryptic mess where everything has a random !,*,#,$,# attached somewhere. Looking at you JavaScript and C++. It can get even worse when operators can be defined in userland like in Haskell. Props to Python for keeping it mostly at bay.
I my mind, this is such common mistake in language design. For people familiar with the language, adding just-one-more operator is very enticing: it's succinct and avoids naming things. But do that a few times and the language becomes a cryptic mess where everything has a random !,*,#,$,# attached somewhere. Looking at you JavaScript and C++. It can get even worse when operators can be defined in userland like in Haskell. Props to Python for keeping it mostly at bay.