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2022-3-1 12:54 demerphq <demerphq@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, 1 Mar 2022 at 04:49, Yuki Kimoto <kimoto.yuki@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > 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. > > Lets just leave out "king of the hill" discussions from the list huh? > It just *isn't* helpful as a way to reason about perl changes. I > think I know what you mean, and I think I agree, but it is ambiguous > at best, and pushes people's buttons at worst. > > OK.Thread Previous | Thread Next