Re: Perl

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>         class exit:
>             def __repr__(self):
>               import sys
>               sys.exit()
>         exit = exit()
>         import __builtin__
>         __builtin__.quit = __builtin__.exit = exit
>         del exit

This seems pretty straightforward. Not that I'm going to defend Python (it's
got more than its fair share of grand mal suckage), but this is not all that
obscure. It sucks deeply that it's necessary, and I would have hoped the
syntax would allow direct redefinition of the methods in __builtin__ rather
than having to create a new class and method.

What I really want is a template-based language with Smalltalk-like syntax
and a decent set of string operations. And, no, Ruby isn't.

• dagbrown (Dave Brown) 04:43 on 12 Sep 2003
  • peter (Peter da Silva) 12:27 on 12 Sep 2003
    • Nicholas Clark 14:42 on 12 Sep 2003
      • too deep to show

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