On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 11:55:45PM +0200, Yves Bastide wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 10:45:16PM +0100, Jose Abilio Oliveira Matos wrote:
> > 
> 
> FOUND!
> 
> diff -u -p -r1.5 reLyX.in
> --- lib/reLyX//reLyX.in 2001/08/31 07:54:05     1.5
> +++ lib/reLyX//reLyX.in 2001/09/03 21:46:38
> @@ -14,11 +14,13 @@ $^W = 1; # same as 'perl -w'
>  use vars qw($lyxdir $lyxname);
>  
>  my (@maybe_dir);
> -my $mainscript = "reLyXmain.pl";
> +my $mainscript;
>  my $relyxdir;
>  
>  # Do this in a BEGIN block so it's done before the 'use lib' below
>  BEGIN{
> +# Variables may not be assigned before the BEGIN block
> +$mainscript = "reLyXmain.pl";
>  # This points to LyX library dir, e.g. /usr/local/share/lyx
>  $lyxdir = "@LYX_DIR@";
>  # This is just "." if you compiled from the source directory
> 
> 
> ... and there was much rejoycing.

  I have commited, ok I'll do it after this message.
  *Please* Michael tell me that now this works! *Please*!

> > > >   I really, really prefer python.
> > > > 
> > > >   And the code is so much readble...
> > > 
> > > But so much less fun... :-)
> > 
> >   Come on, that's not true. You can overload operators, use functional
> > programming tools as I did in my last program. If that is not fun, used with
> > classes I don't know what is. ;-)
> > 
> >   You can add a __cal__ method to a class making it a functor, and using it
> > everywhere a function can be used. I don't even dream it how to do it in
> > perl... ;-)
> 
> Oh, I'm not arguing against Python; whenever a friend try to convert me to
> C#, I answer Python.  And I don't know either language yet ;-)

  Let us simply say that the major secret of python programming is that it
is always fun to use it. If you don't believe then try it. ;-)

[Amir's praise... :-)]

> -- 
>       Yves

  Thank you Yves for restoring my mental health... :-)
-- 
José

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