On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 02:47:56PM -0400, Aaron Sherman wrote: > On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 12:22, Allison Randal wrote: > > > You also avoid totally annoying Pythonists who occasionally use (and > > might be converted to) Perl. :) > > ... > > Perl is fundamentally different in its approach and just as a Pythoner > will have to swallow hard and squint to understand other polymorphic > and context-sensitive aspects of Perl containers, so too will they > have to get over this distinction. > > I'm not slighting Python here. I'm just saying that there's a learning > curve fraught with dangerous similarities in both directions, and > constructing Perl to accommodate that transition does not seem to be > particularly wise.
Yes, accommodating Pythonies is not a good primary reason for using a different keyword. But it's a nice side benefit of what seems to be the best option (so far) for independent reasons (Damian's post summed up and solidified the discussion quite nicely). Allison
