Thanks Raul. Perl isn't my oyster, so I didn't know that. On Mon, 9 May 2022 at 18:51, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, May 9, 2022 at 1:11 PM Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sorry for so many ways to achieve a given end-result. Python used to > flaunt > > the motto: "There's only one way to do it." > > J's motto ought to be: "There's always one more way to do it." > > I think Python's flaunt was a negative reaction to > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There%27s_more_than_one_way_to_do_it > > (I often suspect that Newton's laws (like: for every action there's an > equal but opposite reaction) were originally formulated as > observations on how peer pressure and mistakes play out, which also > happened to also be useful in other contexts.) > > Still... having options is usually good, and understanding them is > usually critical. > > -- > Raul > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
