On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 9:33 PM, Uri Guttman wrote:
"7" == 7 <7stud.7stud@gmail.com> writes:
"7" == 7 <7stud.7stud@gmail.com> writes:
larry.
They don't both read fine. To many people, unless is a confusing construct.
Larry has made plenty of mistakes designing perl.
7> Because unless and until statements are harder to maintain, NO ONE
should
7> use them--least of all beginners.
7> Because unless and until statements are harder to *read and maintain*,
NO ONE
7> should use them--least of all beginners.
wrong again. unless is very commonly used by decent perl hackers. i
teach its use when i can.
7> use them--least of all beginners.
7> Because unless and until statements are harder to *read and maintain*,
NO ONE
7> should use them--least of all beginners.
wrong again. unless is very commonly used by decent perl hackers. i
teach its use when i can.
Then you are teaching poor coding style.
obviates the need for extraneous ! ops and
reads better as it is one word vs 'if not'
reads better as it is one word vs 'if not'
'if not' is two words but it is not more easily understood than 'abaca';
therefore I find your 'number of words' test faulty. I would imagine that
most people have to mentally translate 'unless' to 'if not' anyway.
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