On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 10:59:18AM -0800, Larry Wall wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 12:45:18PM -0600, Jonathan Scott Duff wrote:
> : On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 09:56:57AM -0800, Larry Wall wrote:
> : > On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 10:38:10AM -0500, Austin Hastings wrote:
> : > : Can we ditch C in the exa
On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 12:45:18PM -0600, Jonathan Scott Duff wrote:
: On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 09:56:57AM -0800, Larry Wall wrote:
: > On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 10:38:10AM -0500, Austin Hastings wrote:
: > : Can we ditch C in the examples in favor of C, for a while? :)
: >
: > Okay. Have an example
On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 09:56:57AM -0800, Larry Wall wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 10:38:10AM -0500, Austin Hastings wrote:
> : Can we ditch C in the examples in favor of C, for a while? :)
>
> Okay. Have an example:
>
> while =$IN -> $line {...}
>
> I think that works. I'm back to thin
On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 10:38:10AM -0500, Austin Hastings wrote:
: = Idiom:
:
: The other concern is idiom. Using C suggests "start at the
: beginning, continue to the end". OTOH, using C is a little
: "weaker" -- "keep doing this until it's time to stop". Obviously they'll
: usually be use
