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At 11:00 AM 10/18/00 -0700, Larry Wall wrote:
>: > On Wed, Oct 18, 2000 at 10:32:32AM -0700, Larry Wall wrote:
>: > > Rename the local operator? Yeah, I think we ought to do that. It
>: > > confuses people when we call it local(). The problem is, of course,
>: > > that this is not a perfect solution--they haven't come up with the
>: > > right name here: savetmp, tmpsave, scratchpad, etc.
>
>I'm sorely tempted to make it:
>
> meanwhile our $foo = 2
>
>:-)
I'm sure the British would appreciate it if you made 'whilst' a synonym for
'while'.
And then there are the possibilities for "use Cockney":
shade_and_tint bathroom_tile <GO_FOR_A_SPIN>;
--
Peter Scott
Pacific Systems Design Technologies
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