On Feb 6, 2010, at 12:55 PM, Serguei Trouchelle wrote: > I'm not aware of any other programming language that supports hyphen as a > part of identifier, so it's strange that you > tried this with Perl.
COBOL, the LISP family, and Inform 7 come to mind. COBOL and Inform 7 resolve the minus/hyphen ambiguity by requiring spaces around minus. LISP does not include conventional arithmetic expressions. Perl, of course, is part of the CPL family, which is part of the larger ALGOL family, which includes the overwhelming majority of languages. -- John W Kennedy "Those in the seat of power oft forget their failings and seek only the obeisance of others! Thus is bad government born! Hold in your heart that you and the people are one, human beings all, and good government shall arise of its own accord! Such is the path of virtue!" -- Kazuo Koike. "Lone Wolf and Cub: Thirteen Strings" (tr. Dana Lewis) _______________________________________________ ActivePerl mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe: http://listserv.ActiveState.com/mailman/mysubs
