Subject: interface for numerical integration, roots etc
From: John Lapeyre
Date: Wed, 26 May 2010 23:19:30 +0200
If it were a popularity contest, it looks like ':'
would win. = and => are also popular. Mathematica's -> is
not mentioned.
From Rosetta Code
These are either true named parameters or simulated with
data structures. Some of the examples without true
named parameters are conventions, a few are example implementations.
Ada =>
AppleScript :
AutoHotkey =
C++ foo(foo_params(42).x(7).z(23.54));
Clojure :key (like lisp)
Common lisp :key (no infix)
E =>
Fortran 95 =
Haskell ' '
J =
JavaScript :
Modula-3 :=
Objective-C :
OCaml : ~key:val (needs ~)
Oz :
Perl =>
Python = (there areseveral kinds, * and ** are identifier prefixes)
Ruby =>
Scala =
Scheme 'key (no infix)
Smalltalk :
Suneido :
Tcl -key val
VB :=