Re^12: howto parse (or determining end) of a line of perl

I would, without question, say it is not a good thing. I base my opinion in what is *readable* (would you find a book easier to read with sigils indicating grammar part (noun, verb, adjective...etc) in front of every word?

Besides the hindrance to legibility, computer linguists and human-language linguists both agree that one of the key features of a powerful languages is conciseness.

The ability to express your idea, understandably to your audience, in the minimum of 'quanta' (units of meaning/information), directly makes for a more powerful language than one that takes many auxiliary helpers and extra symbols to get an idea across.

That is a widely agreed upon feature of a good language -- regardless of the participants.

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Re^13: howto parse (or determining end) of a line of perl by choroba (Cardinal) on Sep 19, 2016 at 08:51 UTC
> would you find a book easier to read with sigils indicating grammar part (noun, verb, adjective...etc) in front of every word My mother tongue doesn't feature articles. I view them (in English and French) as kind of sigils, yes. ($q=q:Sq=~/;[c](.)(.)/;chr(-\|\|-\|5+lengthSq)`"S\|oS2"`map{chr \|+ord }map{substrSq`S_+\|`\|}3E\|-\|`7**2-3:)=~y+S\|`+$1,++print+eval$q,q,a, [download]	[reply] [d/l]