Re: Fatal/autodie exception hierarchies for Perl 5

2008-06-04 Thread Roland Giersig
Mark J. Reed schrieb: I think the simplest and most Klingonlike expression of the sentiment is simply this: yIQap pagh yIHegh! (Succeed or die!) But you could say something like: SuvwI' yIDa: yIHegh! bIlujchugh yIcheghQo'! (Behave as a warrior: die! If you fail, do not return!) Thanks for

Re: Fatal/autodie exception hierarchies for Perl 5

2008-06-04 Thread Roland Giersig
Paul Fenwick wrote: [1] Klingon semantics: It is better to die() in the attempt than to return() in failure. I'll buy a beverage for whomever can help me translate that back into Klingon in time for OSCON. ;) The concept of "better ... than" is difficult to express and not very warrior-like.

Re: multiline comments

2000-08-03 Thread Roland Giersig
Tom Christiansen wrote: > #if 0 > ... > #endif Ahem, has somebody already mentioned -P (perldoc perlrun)? If you want 'em, you already got 'em! -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: perl 6 requirements

2000-08-01 Thread Roland Giersig
Ted Ashton wrote: > > Moving the discussion to perl6-language: > > Thus it was written in the epistle of Nathan Wiger, > > Chaim Frenkel wrote: > > > > > > Language > > > -> Obsolete Features > > > -> 1. Formats are not commonly used > > > > > > I'm sorry where did this come from. I