On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 9:33 PM, Uri Guttman <u...@stemsystems.com> wrote:
> >>>>> "7" == 7 <7stud.7s...@gmail.com> writes: > they both read fine in english which is why they we included by > larry. They don't both read fine. To many people, unless is a confusing construct. Larry has made plenty of mistakes designing perl. 7> Because unless and until statements are harder to maintain, NO ONE > should > 7> use them--least of all beginners. > > 7> Because unless and until statements are harder to *read and maintain*, > NO ONE > 7> should use them--least of all beginners. > > wrong again. unless is very commonly used by decent perl hackers. i > teach its use when i can. Then you are teaching poor coding style. > obviates the need for extraneous ! ops and > reads better as it is one word vs 'if not' 'if not' is two words but it is not more easily understood than 'abaca'; therefore I find your 'number of words' test faulty. I would imagine that most people have to mentally translate 'unless' to 'if not' anyway. >
