Wiggins D Anconia wrote:
>
> > 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....
Hi Wiggins.
Not sure which way you're leaning here. I never saw you as anti the 'it'
variable $_?
Rob
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