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Re: loopiness of blocks
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From:
Dan Sugalski
Date:
October 4, 1999 12:37
Subject:
Re: loopiness of blocks
Message ID:
3.0.6.32.19991004153319.00c37440@tuatha.sidhe.org
At 01:34 PM 10/4/99 -0600, Tom Christiansen wrote:
>>Tom, I agree with you that the state of loop-control statements in Perl is
>>fine, and I knew what Ilya's code sample would print before I ran it.
>>However, I do not understand why you would want to put an obstacle in the
>>way of people attempting to read your arguments. What benefit is there in
>>sending troff-formatted mail, when it is more convenient for people to read
>>plain text? At best, people will have to take an extra step to read your
>>comments, and at worst, they won't bother.
>
>It was a Unix joke! Nobody has a sense of humor anymore.
Unix? Oh, right.
I thought it was a RSTS/E joke... :-)
Dan
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