Greg Boug wrote: > Sometimes a minimalist approach > is the right way to do it... If one believes that, wrt programming languages, then one is opposed to the philosophy of Perl. Oh well. > The problem is to make sure when > using a minimalist approach that you don't make it too small... If you don't make it as small as *possible*, regardless of the practical consequences, then you're not taking a minimalist approach. > Oh, and BTW, please define "better"... That's a secondary issue. > I'm gonna assume that "better" means "what Larry determines > to be a useful addition to the language"... That's not a useful definition, because it would be tautological. -- John Porter
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