Re: RFC 109 (v1) Less line noise - let's get rid of @%

[Damien Neil]

On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 09:04:00PM +0200, Kai Henningsen wrote:
> And context dependency is bad for people.

Actually, people deal very well with context dependency.

  "Have you paid Bill?"
  "Have you paid that bill?"
  "It looks like a duck's bill."
  "The President vetoed the bill."

> A rose is a rose is a rose. Human minds really don't like context  
> dependancy.

  "Rose rose to the rosy glow of dawn.  On the pillow beside her
   was a rose."

The context dependency in Perl is intentional.  It isn't an accident,
and it isn't a mistake.  You may not like it; that's perfectly OK.
But if you don't like it, you may well be best served by finding
another language.  Arguing that it should be removed will simply waste
your time and that of other people.

                         - Damien