On Thu, 2005-04-28 at 13:52, gcomnz wrote: > Aaron Sherman wrote: > > > As a side note, I'd like to suggest that "English" is just rubbing > > people's noses in the fact that they're not allowed to program in their > > native tongue. "Names" might be less in-your-face. > > Why are we even having to say use English or Names or whatever? Why > not just make it a part of the core alongside the original short > special var names? In my opinion the short version of special vars is > one of the worst features of Perl, despite the fact that I like > concise code. But then again, I'm not a golfer.
Of course, you're right, and Larry and others have made this point repeatedly. I can be a tad thick from time to time ;-) -- Aaron Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Senior Systems Engineer and Toolsmith "It's the sound of a satellite saying, 'get me down!'" -Shriekback