Andrew Lentvorski wrote:
The problem is that *every* Perl user has a different set of idioms that they learned. So, when reading code, you have to know *all* of the Perl idioms. Sorry, I just don't want to waste that kind of time.
This is a problem we have in my shop. Have you read "Higher Order Perl"? I have a copy but it is on loan, haven't read it yet. But the perl in there is pretty foreign to me. I learned perl 10 years ago. Lots of new idioms have come along and none of the old ones were retired. So yes, there is a lot to know to read perl.
Also, Perl needs to suck it up and put named groups in its regex engine.
What are named groups? You mean named character classes? -- Tracy R Reed http://ultraviolet.org A: Because we read from top to bottom, left to right Q: Why should I start my reply below the quoted text -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
