Re: Perl inconsistency

From: 187 (bigal187_at_invalid.rx.eastcoasttfc.com)
Date: 09/09/04 

Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 06:51:08 -0700

Michele Dondi wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 04:19:30 +0200, Mike Mimic <ppagee@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
[...]
> BTW: this is one of the reasons why Perl6 is being designed to be more
> consistent (and IMHO *slightly* less magic).

Hmm... isn't that going to defeat some (if not a great deal) of the
uefulness and greatness of Perl? I, like many other Perl lovers, love
Perl *becuase* of this usefulness and "magic" :)

If you want any form of consistency, it's in *how* you use a particular
piece of code/expression. Understanding how to get something to return
something in a particular way has always seemed to be a huge part of
Perl and once someone nails this, the rest of Perl is, for the most
part, a walk in the park :-) (IMHO, the "magic", along with matering
RegEx, are the foundation of what makes Perl ($so = 'd.a.m.n.e.d') =~
s!\.!!g;#reat and useful! :-)

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