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>>>>> "CS" == Chip Salzenberg <chip@valinux.com> writes: CS> I hope not. Comments are for explaining "why", not "how" ... if I CS> had to document the mechanics of all map expressions, I'd stop CS> using them. i have been advocating that reason for comments for years. in short, code is what, comments are why. and i reheard (heard again but gotten this time) a quote from larry on the cruise. you learn a language once, but use it many times. so it makes more sense to aim it towards espressiveness than ease of learning. alaska was amazing. uri -- Uri Guttman --------- uri@sysarch.com ---------- http://www.sysarch.com SYStems ARCHitecture, Software Engineering, Perl, Internet, UNIX Consulting The Perl Books Page ----------- http://www.sysarch.com/cgi-bin/perl_books The Best Search Engine on the Net ---------- http://www.northernlight.com