On Wed, 30 Oct 2002, Martin D Kealey wrote:
: Hmmm...
:
: I've heard that this is a culturally driven thing: that whilst people can
: all disambiguate it, people from different cultures may do so differently
:
: In a "western" culture, exclusive-or is the assumed default unless context
: implies
Larry Wall:
# So I'm actually being a bit culturally imperialistic in
# pushing for noun disjunctions. But I'm an American, and
# nobody expects better of me. :-)
I would argue that you should draw on useful concepts from any language,
not paying any attention to their existence in other langu
On Tue, 29 Oct 2002, Brent Dax wrote:
: (I think that at one point you mentioned that 'it' is implicit in
: Japanese--so does $_ qualify? :^) )
Only when you leave it out. Kind of like the cat.
Larry
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry Wall) writes:
> Well, it's actually a little worse than that. Not all languages do
> noun disjunctions. In Japanese you can't ask
>
> Want tea or coffee?
>
> as far as I know. You have to ask
>
> Want tea? Want coffee?
I'm not sure I believe that. You can sa
On 30 Oct 2002, Simon Cozens wrote:
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry Wall) writes:
: > Well, it's actually a little worse than that. Not all languages do
: > noun disjunctions. In Japanese you can't ask
: >
: > Want tea or coffee?
: >
: > as far as I know. You have to ask
: >
: > Want tea?
