> Tom Kinzer wrote: > > > > as a matter of style, i think always having them is nice for > > maintenance/readability. > > I may be wrong, but I think most Perl programmers would disagree. > > It may be nice for maintenance if your program is to be maintained > by a herd of Prolog programmers, but readability is certainly > reduced by redundant punctuation. > > while (<>) { print unless /^#/ } >
Yeh, and the "that's two extra characters to type" police will get you too, not that I have been deputized into their gang. I don't like their mascot, $_, anyways.... http://danconia.org -- Boycott the Sugar Bowl! You couldn't pay me to watch that game. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>