Re: RFC 164 (v1) Replace =~, !~, m//, and s/// with match() and subst()

[Tom Christiansen]

>> >    next if /\s+/ || /\w+/;          next if match /\s+/ or match /\w+/;
>> 
>> Gosh this is annoying.  I *really* don't want to have to type "match"
>> all the time.  And now I have to use C<or> rather than C<||>, which is
>> already ingrained in my head  (I rarely use "or" or "and")

There are thirteen years of precedent, not to mention the millions of users,
who are completely accustomed to writing expressions like

    next if /\s+/ || /\w+/;          

It's nearly part of Perl's language signature.  I wouldn't count
on this going away if you still think to call this "Perl".  It is
of course much more likely in the renamed "Frob" language, however.

--tom