Thanks for posting this.  A few suggestions.

Categories:

Change explanation in comment section
to three subcategories: to end of line,
nestable pairs, and non-nestable pairs.
Put XML and HTML in non-nestable category.

Add a category for evaluation of a string expression
e.g. eval in Perl.

Add a category for quoting that either 
1 evaluates internal variables, e.g. "..." in sh, Perl etc.
2 does not evaluate internal variables, e.g. '...' in
sh, Perl etc.

Languages:
 
Try to add more scripting languages, e.g. sh, csh, bash,
and awk.

Try to add more details about SQL (and maybe label as SQL-89,
SQL-1999, where they differ).

 
Hopefully helpfully yours,
Steve
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>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: Pixel [mailto:pixel@[...].com]
>  Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2001 8:16 AM
>  To: language-dev@[...].uk
>  Cc: language-study@[...].net
>  Subject: syntax across languages
>  
>  
>  http://merd.net/pixel/language-study/syntax-across-languages.html
>  
>  What's this for?
>  
>  * Language Designers:
>  
>  Looking for operator or function names? Well have a look at 
>  the following and
>  remember using existing one may ease the transition :)
>  
>  * Language Users:
>  
>  You know one language and want to find the corresponding 
>  operator or function
>  in another language
>  
>  * Language lovers:
>  
>  Want to know the various ways people invented for 
>  commenting/assigning/...?
>  
>  
>  This is of course incomplete. I welcome contributions!
>  
>  
>  --
>  Pixel
>  programming languages addict      
>  http://merd.net/pixel/language-study/
>