Joel Gwynn wrote: > > Thanks all for the explanation, and to Uri for the article, but > especially to Greg, who has given perhaps the most cryptic and > disturbing intro to a technical explanation ever: > > > you've glimpsed the dark side of autovivification.
way back when, back before perl was even a twinkle in Larry Wall's eye, I ran into this poem somewhere on the 300 baud internet: I really hate this darn machine, I wish that they would sell it. It never does what I want, but only what I tell it. Which pretty much summed up the point where people were most frustrated with computer languages at the time. With the advent of Perl and with "Do What I Mean" becoming the standard practice perhaps the poem should be rewritten. I can despise this perl machine though many often flaunt it, cause when it Does What I Meant, it's not always what I wanted. Although perl would likely write it as a haiku. (Dont ask me why a haiku, its just the way it is.) "Do What I Mean" and Autovivification aren't what I wanted. Greg _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
