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2022-2-25 16:35 Martijn Lievaart <m@rtij.nl> wrote: > Op 25-02-2022 om 02:41 schreef Yuki Kimoto: > > > 2022-2-25 0:55 Karl Williamson <public@khwilliamson.com> wrote: > >> On 2/23/22 21:40, demerphq wrote: >> > Virtually every other programming language uses "trim"; that should be >> a >> > good enough reason for us to use it too. >> > >> >> I am persuaded by this >> > > Me too. > > Perl used to be the king of programming languages, but now it's no longer > the king. > > It makes sense to adopt the words we are familiar with in other > programming languages. > > > Note that I prefer trim over trimmed too, but not because of this > argument. Looking at guidance from other programming languages is fine, but > not because Perl must follow them because it's no longer king of the hill. > If that is your argument, you should start using that other programming > language instead of Perl. > I want to continue to use Perl even if Perl is no longer king of the hill.Thread Previous | Thread Next