Re: RFC 179 (v1) More functions from set theory to manipulate arrays

[Chaim Frenkel]

>>>>> "TC" == Tom Christiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>> But, Do you really think that all these ingenuities, to not use another
>> term, are really natural and easy to understand to novice programmers ?

TC> Until you start thinking of terms of hashes, you aren't thinking
TC> in Perl.  It serves no good to delay this epiphany.  Also, remember
TC> that being a "novice" is a temporary and curable condition.  Perl 
TC> is designed to for long-term ease of use, not short-term learn-free use.
TC> You may call it "expert-friendly" if you want.

At what point do you feel a new operator is not justified? Why do
we need grep/map, just use for? Why have <=>, cmp, just use ?:

So what if the man wants

        @foo = @bar union @baz;
        @foo = @bar intersetcion @baz;

This is a lot more of a direct map than the twiddling with hashes.

How are you drawing the line. Where does giving the user more power
than a turing machine stop.

<chaim>
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