chromatic wrote: > theproblemlinguisticallyspeakingisthatsometimes [snipped]
I can't remember that I said that you shouldn't separate your expressions (by punctation/whitspaces), $.but! (*adding$ %*characters _+that^# &$might) @#not_ !#be() !&necessary_ *#$doesn't! *(make) [EMAIL PROTECTED] =_easier to read and to type (in addition it was a torture to type that). >> So semicolons don't seem to be the best invention since sliced bread. >> There should be extra-syntax for the rare cases (multiline) and not for >> the common ones. > > Somehow English seems to get by with periods at the ends of statements, > though > almost no one pronounces them. Oh, I thought Perl was a programming language. My fault. Apples and oranges. Most modern scripting languages don't need the semicolons. I think there's no plausible reason for them. > I agree. You need less ignorant colleagues. I'm not sure Perl 6 can fix > that. I don't think that it's a point of ignorance. Especially as they (and enough other people on the web) only seem to be ignorant regarding Perl. Strange, huh? > By the way, I'm still waiting to meet your cadre of Dylan hackers. I never claimed to have some. -- Thomas Wittek http://gedankenkonstrukt.de/ Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
