Re: RFC 263 (v1) Add null() keyword and fundamental data type

[Tom Christiansen]

>> By your "reasoning", we can just add infinitely more things that
>> take twice a few pages to explain.

>You took that to an illogical extreme conclusion.  Clearly you can't add
>everything to the language.  However, it is clear by the set of currently
>submitted RFCs that more people think suggesting additions to Perl is a better
>use of their time than suggesting subtractions.

Bullshit.   

If it takes several pages just to introduce your new, fucked-up
notion of "false", you've done something wrong.  If it then again
takes several pages just to introduce how your new, fucked-up notion
of "false" is different from the existing ones, you've done something
wrong.

Guess what?

You've done something wrong.

>> Perl is already too hard.

>So make it easier.  Where are your RFCs to remove things?

They're right here in my edit buffer.  I will simply explain them
to Larry directly.  You won't even get the chance to waste my time.

Fortunately, I have every reason to believe that Larry will reject
your idiotic notion of false that grew out of a cancerous complexity
in an obscure niche of programming has no business burdening users
with its incredibly lame-ass naming and confusing behavior.

--tom