I propose we pretend that $$foo = 'bar' stills work and use that as a benchmark
for hash subscripting ease. If it requires fewer keystrokes or neuron fires to
write Perl 4 code, then Perl 6 might be succeding on the programming in the
small but failing at programming in the large.
${'bar'} = 'baz!'
%foo`bar = 'baz!'
%foo<<bar>> = 'baz!'
On a related note, has anyone seen my semicolon key? It was last spotted in
central park around 5am...
-scott
On 0, Simon Cozens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aaron Sherman) writes:
> > $ find . -name \*.pl | wc -l
> > 330
> > $ find . -name \*.pl -exec grep -hlE 'qx|`|`|readpipe' {} \; | wc -l
> > 123
> >
> > `` gets used an awful lot
>
> But that's in Perl 5, which is a glue language.
>
> --
> "Though a program be but three lines long,
> someday it will have to be maintained."
> -- The Tao of Programming
