On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, at 1:12pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Perl's debugger has a similar feature, except you do need a single-letter
>> command ('x') before the expression to evaluate. A typically Perlish
>> streamlining: Abbreviated, inconsistent, and cryptic. ;-)
>
> Why is 'x' abbreviated, inconsistent, or cryptic?
It is abbreviated because it is a single letter instead of a word. It is
cryptic because it is "marked by often perplexing brevity", which is one of
the definitions given by Merriam-Webster for "cryptic". I guess it is not
so much "inconsistent" as "totally lacking in anything to be consistent
with", which isn't quite the same thing -- my usage of "inconsistent" was a
bit inconsistent, sorry. ;-)
> What would you have instead?
I like it the way it is. See that little smiley next to my comment?
That means I was being tongue-in-cheek. ;-)
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