> Tom Kinzer wrote:
> >
> > as a matter of style, i think always having them is nice for
> > maintenance/readability.
>
> I may be wrong, but I think most Perl programmers would disagree.
>
> It may be nice for maintenance if your program is to be maintained
> by a herd of Prolog programmers, but readability is certainly
> reduced by redundant punctuation.
>
> while (<>) { print unless /^#/ }
>
Yeh, and the "that's two extra characters to type" police will get you
too, not that I have been deputized into their gang. I don't like their
mascot, $_, anyways....
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