On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 07:35:01 -0500 (EST), Chris Devers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 19 Nov 2004, Ramprasad A Padmanabhan wrote:
> > No offence intended , but I think that is still ok. I think it is in > > the spirit of perl to reduce typing as much as possible. > But I'm not setting the rules, just hoping to steer us away from this > mutilated, stunted, juvenile, incomprehensible version of English. Feel > free to write like a teenage dropout if you think that's wise to do. I have to side with "mommie" Chris on this myself. Writing Perl one-liners or playing GOLF is where we strive to reduce the typing in Perl -- not a beginners list. Perl already has a bad reputation as a "write only" language. Here clarity, if not out-right verbose-ness, is classed for if anyone hopes to maintain international clarity -- some posters may not speak or write "English" as their naive tongue and we need to avoid any misunderstandings. I myself, years ago, took stupid offense to another poster's repeatedly saying HAND at the end of each "argue-mental" thread. -- WC -Sx- Jones http://insecurity.org/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
