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On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 16:38:31 +0000, Martin Ebourne <lists@xxxxxxx.xx.xx>
wrote:
> demerphq <demerphq@xxxxx.xxx> wrote:
> > $"="whatever array seperator i choose";
> > $,="whatever print argument seperator i choose";
>
> That makes me vomit every time.
>
> People who don't "use English" should be hit with a rubber mallet for
> as long as it takes.
As long as it takes? How would you think Dutch/Polish/French/Russian/...
would like to beat you back with all the `English' verbs in their script
that uses variable with native-language names?
use English should never even have been invented. It should die a horrible
death.
> > About the only hateful thing in this I can think of is that $" applies
> > inside of qr// type constructs. It would be so nice if there was some
> > other var for that scenario and that it would default to '|'
>
> Of course, if perl was sensible "use English" would be the default and
> $" wouldn't even conceivably be a variable name. But then perl isn't
> sensible.
Quite the opposite. $" is both logic and can be remembered. What's its name
again in use English? And I have to spell that all CAPITALIZED? No please
> Martin.
>
> PS. I didn't say perl wasn't useful, but it's got way more than its
> fair share of crap design decisions.
That is just in the eye of the beholder. Where I see beauty, you see crap,
and probably vice versa.
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