On Jul 10, 2007, at 8:53 PM, ara.t.howard wrote:

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> On Jul 10, 2007, at 8:47 AM, Tim Bray wrote:
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>> Gosh, I think I totally disagree on readability grounds.
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> let's step back for one moment and think about why we all left perl:
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>   - wtf is $1 ?
>   - wtf is ARGF ?
>   - regexes are, of all things, the epitome of snoopy swearing

You just insulted all of my best friends in one go.  I think I better  
get my butt back to Perl :)

James Edward Gray II