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
- Re: RFC 109 (v1) Less line noise - let's get rid ... Kai Henningsen
- Re: RFC 109 (v1) Less line noise - let's get ... Karl Glazebrook
- Re: RFC 109 (v1) Less line noise - let's ... Nathan Torkington
- Re: RFC 109 (v1) Less line noise - le... John Porter
- Re: RFC 109 (v1) Less line noise - let's ... Damien Neil
- Re: RFC 109 (v1) Less line noise - le... Karl Glazebrook
- Re: RFC 109 (v1) Less line noise... Russ Allbery
- Re: RFC 109 (v1) Less line noise... Ariel Scolnicov
- Re: RFC 109 (v1) Less line n... Karl Glazebrook
- Re: RFC 109 (v1) Less line n... Steve Fink
- Re: RFC 109 (v1) Less line noise - let's get ... Damien Neil
- Re: RFC 109 (v1) Less line noise - let's get rid of @% J. David Blackstone
- Re: RFC 109 (v1) Less line noise - let's get rid ... Piers Cawley
- Re: RFC 109 (v1) Less line noise - let's get rid ... Karl Glazebrook
- Re: RFC 109 (v1) Less line noise - let's get ... John Porter
- Re: RFC 109 (v1) Less line noise - let's get rid of @% Mike Pastore
- Re: RFC 109 (v1) Less line noise - let's get rid ... John Porter
- Re: RFC 109 (v1) Less line noise - let's get ... Jon Ericson
- Re: RFC 109 (v1) Less line noise - let's ... John Porter
- Re: RFC 109 (v1) Less line noise - le... Nathan Torkington
- Re: RFC 109 (v1) Less line noise - let's get ... Mike Pastore