Re: perl

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* Peter da Silva <peter@xxxxxxx.xxx> [2006-12-22 14:10]:
> The fix to pointlessly obscure syntax is to introduce more
> obscure syntax that handles some common cases that the
> pointlessly obscure syntax makes difficult... without actually
> doing anything about the fact that you have to use

Fallacy. Fixing the pointlessly obscure filehandle syntax wasn't
remotely the point of introducing the diamond operator's magic
behaviour. Making Perl more useful for writing utilities was the
point, and it definitely succeeds at that. Certainly I don't hate
the fact that I can add features to many scripts by deleting
a bunch of code.

Regards,
-- 
Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/>;

• Peter da Silva 13:09 on 22 Dec 2006
  • Abigail 13:27 on 22 Dec 2006
    • Peter da Silva 15:04 on 22 Dec 2006
  • A. Pagaltzis 18:41 on 22 Dec 2006
  • demerphq 19:26 on 22 Dec 2006
    • peter (Peter da Silva) 22:04 on 22 Dec 2006

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