On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:05:49 -0500
John Bokma <j...@castleamber.com> wrote:
> "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <da...@druid.net> writes:
> > so much clearer? Do you really want to see Python turn into Perl?
>
> Oh, boy, there we go again. Can you and your buddies please refrain from
> using Perl as a kind of uber-argument? Just write why you think it's
> wrong. Bonus points if you can use Python in your arguments.
I think I was clear that the problem was obfuscation which Perl is very
good at. Haven't you ever had a Perl programmer show you a snippet of
code and say "I bet you can't guess what this does"?
> On top of that, it's not possible in Perl (heh, no surprise there). The
> only thing that comes close is:
>
> for ( $a_very_long_variable_name ) {
>
> s/foo/bar/g;
> s/baz/woot/g;
> s/o+/i/g;
> }
>
> Which makes $_ an alias for $a_very.... and since s/// defaults to $_
I hope that this example wasn't supposed to be a proof of Perl's
readability.
Anyway, you are right. I just happen to be dealing with some Perl and,
even worse, PHP issues on a new server and I am feeling a little
battered. I'll be better in a day or two.
By the way, to get back to the original topic, I don't really mind if
this makes it into the language because I won't be forced to use it.
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