On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 06:21:43PM +0000, Simon Cozens wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mr. Nobody) writes: > > I have to wonder how many people actually like this syntax, and how > > many only say they do because it's Damian Conway who proposed it. > > And map/grep aren't "specialized syntax", you could do the same > > thing with a sub with a prototype of (&block, *@list). > > Well, I'll go record and say I think it's Bloody Silly. It's > over-cutesy, adding syntax for the sake of syntax, doesn't do anything > for the readability of code, and doesn't really actually gain very > much anyway.
It does something for me (at least the ~> version does). I find it annoying that to generate a map + sort + grep pipeline, I have to interrupt my L2R flow and construct it backwards. It mayn't be much, but I'd be happier if I had the option to construct the pipeline in a L2R manner. > But even so I dare say it'll go in because Damian likes it. Was this some of that stealth sarcasm, or do you really believe this? -Scott -- Jonathan Scott Duff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
