Re: RFC 109 (v1) Less line noise - let's get rid of @%

[Jon Ericson]

Karl Glazebrook wrote:
> Jon Ericson wrote:
> > I've spent almost a day trying to come up with a polite response to this
> > suggestion.  I have started this mail 3 or 4 times but deleted what I
> > wrote because it was too sarcastic, angry or dismissive.  This RFC
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> > strikes to the very heart of Perl as far as I'm concerned.
> 
> What's wrong with that? There are no rules as to what we are allowed
> to discuss.
 
> Well FORTRAN and C are not array languages, and IDL costs N*$1000. Now
> there IS Numerical Python if you can put up with indents!

> Offensive is a strong word for what is essentially a discussion about
> computer lingo syntaces!

But this isn't about 'computer lingo syntaces' [sic].  It's about Perl. 
I think you should consider using Python and a good text editor that
takes care of indents for you.  There's no more point in discussing
this.

Jon
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