Re[2]: Apoc2 - concerns

[A. C. Yardley]

Dan Sugalski writes:

> I dunno. Color me unconvinced--I do use the <> enough in non-while context 
> (and in non-implied while context) to make the whole idea of next feel 
> rather... nasty. And $FOO.next? Yuck. Reading lines/records in is one of 
> the most fundamental things one can do in a computer language (especially 
> perl) and having to jump through OO hoops to do simple things just feels 
> like a step in the wrong direction. Conceptual elegance and orthogonality 
> are nice enough, but we have enough of those languages. (If I wanted 
> Eiffel, I know where to find it)

Amen.

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