On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:50:52 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael G Schwern) wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2005 at 11:26:25PM +0000, Nigel Sandever wrote:
> > > The backwards compatibility argument is bunk: we can do exactly what was 

> > I wouldn't care if it was called 'println' except that it adds two 
characters 
> > instead of saving two.
> 
> Kindly forget keystroke savings.  It is an utter red herring.  You do not
> code at 60 WPM.  Most of the time spend coding is (I hope) reading and
> thinking.
> 

It's not the typing effort, but the visual clutter of 

        print $this, "\n";

versus
        say $this;


But enough. I'll let this slip quietly away.

njs.


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