On Sat, 18 Jan 2003 15:10, you wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Lazzaro) writes: > > I don't think any aspect > > of this discussion is hinged on people being 'ignorant' of perl5 > > behaviors, > Oh, I do, and you've dismissed that argument out of hand. This isn't > name-calling; this is a plea for Perl 6 not to become a language ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > designed by a committee of ignorant amateurs. The Lord knows that ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > languages designed by committees of professional standards-writers are > pretty bad, and we're still a long way from that.
In the very young field of programming, aren't we all ignorant amateurs? Any programmer who doesn't know that they are ignorant are almost certainly instead arrogant. -- Sam Vilain, [EMAIL PROTECTED] You're either part of the solution, or part of the precipitate. - George W. Bouche, renowned chemist.