You're still talking around the issue. If all languages are in flux, then why would you assume that the dot syntax isn't going to fall out favour? Then what? Perl 7 goes back to the arrow command?

And how is Perl a "burden" to learn? If you can't learn Perl, you're probably not going to make it very far with any other language (since Perl does so much for you). The point is why fix it if it ain't broke? I have yet to come across another language with a following quite so pervasive as Perl's, so this fear of Perl falling out of favour doesn't hold water. If Perl is going to change, shouldn't it be for the good?

matt

p.s. my apologies to Larry Wall, wherever he may be, for using his name in vain-- edited

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Perl6 headaches? by mattg
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