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> [mailto:IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Turriff, Leslie
> Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 1:59 PM
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> Subject: Re: SLightly O/T Perl
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> Many language designers appear to be more concerned
> with how easily a language can be parsed by its compiler than
> by its users; thus the proliferation of arcane tokens
> (,),{,},[,],\=,<>,->,;,:,... that give us double vision. :-)
>
> Leslie Turriff
The main one that I hate is the back-tick `. Especially in shell scripts. Even
more especially since, in most shells, it can be replaced by the easier to read
$(...) instead of `...`. I also don't much care for \=, preferring != or <>. I
only use the \ (backslash or "reverse solidus") in languages which use it as an
"escape" function such as to perform line continuation or "special characters"
such as \t (tab) \n (linefeed) \r (carriage return). I have nothing against
parentheses (), braces{}, or brackets[]. Except that they are idiomatic to the
language. I actually prefer [] for subscripts instead of (), which I associate
with a function/subroutine call. I also get upset about & vs. &&, | vs. || and
their idiomatic meanings. I guess "consistency is the hobgoblin of small
memories".
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