Nathan Wiger skribis 2005-04-25 13:35 (-0700):
My point is simply that we pick one or the other, instead of both/aliases/etc.
But TIMTOWTDI. One way may be great for writing maintainable code, while the other is useful in oneliners (including single line method definitions).
Then I suggest "use English" for Perl 6 too. I think you'll find that, like Perl 5, people always use the short forms.
Has ANYONE on this list ever done something like this?
use English;
if ($OSNAME =~ /MSWin32/) {
$OUTPUT_AUTOFLUSH++;
local $WARNING = 0;
print "Windoze\n" or die "Can't print: $OS_ERROR";
}I'd bet everyone would write that as:
if ($^O =~ /MSWin32/) {
$|++;
local $^W = 0;
print "Windoze\n" or die "Can't print: $!";
}Crap, I had to open the Camel just to find the long names. :-)
-Nate
P.S. I know this is the first time I've spoken up on Perl 6
in 5-ish years, so nice to "see" you all once again
