On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 03:12:58PM -0400, Aaron Sherman wrote: > On Fri, 2004-04-16 at 12:35, Juerd wrote: > > > backticks encourage interpolation. > > ... and? > > >From the point of view of a Web developer who deals with (potentially) > hostile data, I see the problem (though the solution is smarter > tainting, not removing functionality). From the point of view of a > general purpose programmer who might just want the result of `id > $user`... no, you're trying to apply the (important!) best practices of > one area of programming to the rest of the world. > > The guy who does nothing but write genetic modeling systems is > scratching his head wondering why the heck you're so worried about > interpolation, and rightly so.
The guy who mostly writes one-shot short scripts to massage his own data wonders why you want to make his job harder in the name of protecting him against the possibility that his evil sub-concious alter ego is plotting to subvert him. Let me keep my rope dammit. I have no intention of hanging myself. --
