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> The precedence rules are equal to C's, for all operators that the > languages share. But Perl has more operators, so there are a few more > levels of precedence. I assume that this is some kind of reverse-psychology thing. The fact that Perl has more operators is, of course, another reason to hate Perl. > Fortunately, they are made to DWYM in most situations /me laughs hysterically > You may use source filters (the extremely powerful equivalent of #define) > to create any syntax you like. Yeh, and I can probably modify YACC to generate Perl instead of C, that doesn't mean that Perl or C is reflective. > If you do not need ten different variants, you can choose to use only > one. That's great if you never have to work on anyone else's code. > > I hate the absurd dependency maze I end up in every time I delve into > > CPAN, which usually ends up with my having to upgrade CPAN before I > > can build anything. > This is a problem with software in general. Not just CPAN. It's a problem for software that has a lot of dependencies *and* where the build tool itself is unstable. I try to avoid such software. > Note that if you keep your software up to date, you do not need to go > through a lot of trouble when you need something. I'm in a business where regression due to routine updates has killed people. You get in the habit of restricting them to times you can do regression tests, even when it "doesn't matter".There's stuff above here
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