On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 01:16:57PM -0700, Larry Wall wrote:
> Branden writes:
> : I'm starting to be a bit worried with what I'm reading...
> :
> : 1) Use $obj.method instead of $obj->method :
> :
> : The big question is: why fix what is not broken? Why introduce Javaisms and
> : VBisms to our pretty C/C++-oid Perl? Why brake compatibility with Perl 5
> : code (and Perl 5 programmers) for a zero net gain?
>
> It's not zero net gain, and I'm going to ignore the next person who says it.
I agree it is not a zero net gain. But perhaps it needs to be spelled out
for those who don't see the gain.
Graham.
