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- From: spp@syrinx.hideout.com (Stephen P Potter)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.perl.misc,comp.lang.tcl,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.java
- Subject: Re: Readable Perl (was: Re: Relative Speed of Perl vs. Tcl vs. C)
- Followup-To: comp.lang.misc,comp.lang.perl.misc,comp.lang.tcl,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.java
- Date: 20 Feb 1996 00:53:34 GMT
- Organization: RadixNet Internet Services
- Message-ID: <SPP.96Feb19195334@syrinx.hideout.com>
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- <ukd97hwzkc.fsf_-_@linda.teleport.com> <4gb3kp$lu7@gaia.ns.utk.edu>
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- In-reply-to: mbk@I_should_put_my_domain_in_etc_NNTP_INEWS_DOMAIN's message of 20 Feb 1996 00:12:09 GMT
-
- In article <4gb3kp$lu7@gaia.ns.utk.edu> mbk@I_should_put_my_domain_in_etc_NNTP_INEWS_DOMAIN (Matthew B. Kennel) writes:
- 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...
-
- This one:
-
- loop #OUT + "I can count to " + 1.upto!(10) + "\n"; end;
-
- Or,
-
- loop #OUT + "I can count anything: " + collection_class.elt!.str + "\n"; end;
-
- If you people aren't even going to try and be reasonable, what's the point
- of having this discussion?
-
- -spp
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- "I don't care whether people actually like Perl, just so long as they *think*
- they like it... ;-)" -Larry Wall
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