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Abigail writes: > On Fri, Dec 22, 2006 at 05:18:45PM +0100, Juerd wrote: > > > But the following set of wishes clashes heavily: > > > > - () can be used for grouping (to override precedence) > > - () can be used to enclose subroutine arguments > > - subroutines can also be used without () > > Perl5 had no problem coping with those rules Yes it does. Perl 5 suffers that this does what many people expect: print 6 * (3 + 4); but this does not: print (3 + 4) * 6; It is treated as: (print 3 + 4) * 6; That's hateful! I'll grant you your Perl 6 hate, but all the change has done is push existing hate elsewhere; Perl 5 is not hate-free in this respect. SmylersThere's stuff above here
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