On Tue, Nov 25, 2003 at 12:21:13PM +1100, Damian Conway wrote:
> >"then" sounds too much like "if/then" which is confusing.
>
> Why? "if/then" has never been Perl syntax.
A lot of people read "if (foo) { bar }" as "if foo then bar" in their heads.
I'm one of them. Its not a previous syntax thing, its a translation to
English thing.
This may be a consequence of the example used
while $n++ then $foo > $bar
which I immediately associated with.
if $n++ then $foo > $bar
I didn't say it makes sense, but that's the rather strong association I have.
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