On Dec 8, 2007, at 9:06 , Richard Hainsworth wrote:
or not quite right. And there is absolutely no linguistic link
between 'switch' and 'case'. If I am uncomfortable with 'switch',
'case' really sucks. In fact, whenever I work in language other
than perl, and 'switch' is the preferred cons
I don't know why, this given... when sounds so 'English' without
really being that
English.
The construct sounds better in English than case ...> because:
a) Switch is more commonly used in English as a noun, eg., Use the
switch to turn on the light. But because English can use nouns for ver
Larry Wall wrote:
On Sun, Dec 02, 2007 at 07:43:25PM -0800, Peter Scott wrote:
: I do feel strongly that we need some sort of solution to this so that Perl
: 6 is not merely an outstanding framework that leaves all domain-specific
: extensions to the end user.
Perl 6 as a language doesn't addres
Chas. Owens wrote:
Like a true Texan* (grin), he skewed the numbers to make Texas look
bigger than it is. It is between 2.4** and 2.5*** when you include
...
* I am resident of Virgina, so I have no axe to grind; I am just
looking for a definitive answer.
** random sites on the Internet
*** wiki
>
> So, it's because <> is so much bigger than «this», "this", or
> 'this'?
>
Would that have anything to do with "Big hat, no cattle"? :-)*
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