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- From: ced@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Charles DeRykus)
- Subject: Re: PROGRAMERS OF ANY LANGUAGE
- Message-ID: <DpxA0t.3vy@bcstec.ca.boeing.com>
- Organization: The Boeing Company
- References: <Pine.SOL.3.91.960329010021.13209A-100000@harvey> <316A6189.4287@wight.hursley.ibm.com> <4kg58c$djh@kalypso.cybercom.net> <4kqe6q$1tm@innocence.interface-business.de>
- Date: Mon, 15 Apr 1996 21:22:04 GMT
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- In article <4kqe6q$1tm@innocence.interface-business.de>,
- J Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> wrote:
-
- J>stok@kalypso.cybercom.net (Michael J. Stok) writes:
- J>
- >> The {}s shouldn't be optional! That's the route Perl took with blocks
- >> after for, if, while, else etc. Just because C and similar languages
- >> have the "optimisation" that they the {}s are optional doesn't mean it's
- >> right :-)
- >
- J> Just because Perl allows for the "optimisation" to put the "if" before
- J> or after the statement, and mandates the curlies _for one of the options_,
- J> doesn't make the code better per se. :-)
- J>
-
- You must admit though that it's lovely to be able to say either
-
- "If you really love me, feed me artichokes".
-
- or,
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- "Feed me artichokes if you really love me".
-
-
-
- Sometimes there's expressive power in saying one rather than
- the other. Besides, love needs a lot of latitude :)
-
- -
- Charles DeRykus
- ced@carios2.ca.boeing.com
-