I prefer DWIN - Do What I Need. Because I may not know what I need and so may not say what I need to say.
-- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Staller, Allan > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 3:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: SLightly O/T Perl > > The DWIM language - Do What I Meant! > > BTW, no need for messages! > > <snip> > What we need is a language that dynamically adapts to the programmer. > A > compiler for this language could recognize not only valid > syntax in the > language, but also detect unskilled programmers and > automatically limit > their access to some (or all ;-) features. Using advanced heuristics, > in > some cases the compiler would just write messages like: > > "Sorry, you are an idiot. Compilation aborted." > </snip> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
