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   Mr. Man-wai Chang to All   
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   23 Jan 26 18:38:02   
   
   From: toylet.toylet@gmail.com   
      
   On 20/1/2026 4:54 am, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Mon, 19 Jan 2026 20:32:25 +0800, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:   
   >   
   >> It's just a change of syntax.   
   >   
   > Plus a bunch of new functionality, too.   
   >   
   > Think of the reason for change of syntax is keeping things more   
   > regular with the accumulation of new concepts.   
      
   Only for the new generation? :)   
      
   Changing syntax and names can also hide secrets, and break history. Kind   
   of like creating a Dark Age by burning books and killing scholars.   
      
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