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Re: Apoc2 - <STDIN> concerns

From:
Simon Cozens
Date:
May 8, 2001 13:43
Subject:
Re: Apoc2 - <STDIN> concerns
Message ID:
20010508214246.B5502@netthink.co.uk
On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 12:58:24PM -0700, Larry Wall wrote:
> Perhaps Perl 6 will have ordinary blocks that can function as continuations
> to the surrounding list context. 

OK, now you've broken my brain. Can you give me an example that is i) useful
and ii) reasonably obvious to the untrained eye? If not, I humbly suggest it
has little business being in the "blue-collar language" we call Perl.

-- 
Feed me on TOASTIES! There's no HALL for PHILOSOPHERS on FRIDAYS.
    - Henry Braun is Oxford Zippy



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