indent_the_arguments_of_long_functions( like, 
                                        this,
                                        you,
                                        morons );

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++ for that one alone. Thank goodness for Perltidy. 
open F, ">$tmp"; print F @a; print F $new_item; close F;
open F, "<$tmp"; @a = <F>; close F;

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Wow, that's worse than what I had to deal with in UBB5.

And I agree with the point about GUIs, though I feel I have to point out that for simple things they can be far more convenient than the commandline. I'm thinking iTunes here. Of course, it's actually very hard to design a good graphical interface, and the majority of what's around just sucks.

Makeshifts last the longest.

In reply to Re^2: There's a level in Hell reserved for ________ by Aristotle
in thread There's a level in Hell reserved for ________ by dws

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