Re: The binding of "my" (Re: Closures and default lexical-scope for subs)

[John Porter]

Simon Cozens wrote:
> John Porter wrote:
> > But they are inextricably bound by perl's parsing rules.
> 
> Perl 5's parsing rules. I don't think Perl 6 *has* a parser just yet.

As someone else said before me, Perl should not be changed 
Just Because We Can.  Aspects which have proven usefulness and
are deeply engrained in the Perl mindset should not be tampered
with just because some recent convert finds them un-Algol-like.

-- 
John Porter