At 12:50 PM 1/21/2002 -0800, Larry Wall wrote: >In most other languages, you wouldn't even have the opportunity to put >a declaration into the conditional. You'd have to say something like:
I grudgingly agree here. Where did this shorthand come from anyway? The first time I ever used it was C++ for() loops, but I'm sure it has roots older than that. I guess Perl took shorthand to the next level so C++ arguments wouldn't work here, *sniff*! -Melvin
