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>The fact is, that is *not* perl. That is why we FINALLY got rid of the
>"package'variable" convention for the more favourable package::variable
>form.
Nope. It's still there, but like your doddering old auntie,
who has a strange accent and still talks about the Ægypians.
There are a few places it doesn't work, but those are the new places.
Old code continues to function.
>It was _wrong_. It was a decision made on cuteness,
You're mistaken. It was a decision made on precedent; see Ada.
>The fact that every technical manual I have ever read chooses not to
>call them bytes, and chooses the term "octet" had BETTER mean something
>to a technical community. It _must_ be accepted.
You're shouting. I suspect that means you're wrong. Whether this
is the case, I can see that you're far from conversant with
the technical manual nearest and dearest:
% cd /usr/share/man # NB: completely pre-catted
% tcgrep -rCi byte cat? | awk -F: '{s += $2} END{print s}'
3392
% tcgrep -rCi octet cat? | awk -F: '{s += $2} END{print s}'
55
I shouldn't care to bet against odds of 62 to 1.
% cd /usr/include
% tcgrep -rCi byte . | awk -F: '{s += $2} END{print s}'
2861
% tcgrep -rCi octet . | awk -F: '{s += $2} END{print s}'
56
Less, but still remarkable: I remark that better than 50 to 1
ratio is an important data point.
Let's try once more.
% cd /usr/local/src/perl5.5.650
% tcgrep -rCi byte . | awk -F: '{s += $2} END{print s}'
3128
% tcgrep -rCi octet . | awk -F: '{s += $2} END{print s}'
4
Oh good. Now we have 782 to 1. Can you say "overwhelmingly
more prevalent"? Very good, Mark! I knew you could do it.
--tom