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- From: mbk@I_should_put_my_domain_in_etc_NNTP_INEWS_DOMAIN (Matthew B. Kennel)
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- Subject: Re: Readable Perl (was: Re: Relative Speed of Perl vs. Tcl vs. C)
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- Date: 20 Feb 1996 00:12:09 GMT
- Organization: University of Tennessee, Knoxville
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- Randal L. Schwartz (merlyn@stonehenge.com) wrote:
- : >>>>> "John" == John Viega <jtv2j@mamba.cs.virginia.edu> writes:
-
- : John> People bitch about the readability of Perl non-stop. In fact, I have
- : John> heard the joke, "Perl, the only language you can uuencode, and not
- : John> notice" twice this week around the department.
-
- : OK, now which do you find most readable...
-
- : $i = 1;
- : while ($i <= 10) {
- : print "I can count to $i\n";
- : $i++;
- : }
-
- : for ($i = 1; $i <= 10; $i++) {
- : print "I can count to $i\n";
- : }
-
- : foreach $i (1..10) {
- : print "I can count to $i\n";
- : }
-
- : $i = 0;
- : print "I can count to $i\n" while ++$i <= 10;
-
- : print map "I can count to $_\n", 1..10;
-
- : 50 FOR I = 1 TO 10
- : 60 PRINT "I CAN COUNT TO ",I
- : 70 NEXT I
-
-
- This one:
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- loop #OUT + "I can count to " + 1.upto!(10) + "\n"; end;
-
- Or,
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- loop #OUT + "I can count anything: " + collection_class.elt!.str + "\n"; end;
-
- Sather.
-
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- http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/~sather.
-