On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 08:38:32AM -0800, Larry Wall wrote: > The question basically boils down to how you think about "say". > Damian's argument is that, if people are like him, they will learn > it as "print plus newline" rather than as "emit a whole record". > I'm inclined to think that people do in fact learn one feature in > terms of other features like that, rather than treating "say" as a > different primitive. > > It would be nice to have other data points, though, since I think > even Damian will admit that Damian's brain doesn't work like everyone > else's brain.
Just as another data point, I too have been thinking of "say" as "print + newline". -Scott -- Jonathan Scott Duff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
