>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Seamons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Paul> I don't know what the reasoning was back then and it may be the same today. >From my early conversations with Larry, I recall that the reason is that RSTS/E BASIC-PLUS had nested trailing modifiers, and both Larry and I saw many abuses of these over the years. Therefore, he decided not to repeat that abomination, limiting it to precisely one level deep. I'm happy for that. Yeah, every once in a while, I've wanted the second layer, but I'm willing to rewrite the statement as a true normal if/while instead of a backwards if/while, and it *does* help the overall readability. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!
