At times, I wish I could -- a node more than once, plus bitchslap the author. merlyn's sentiment was:
- well-thought out
- expressed plainly
- discussed the design and not the poster
- with no ad-hominem attacks
Those, imho, are the very heart of constructive dialogue. halley's response, on the other hand, was a knee-jerk reaction to someone he doesn't like very much. Not so good.
- In general, if you think something isn't in Perl, try it out, because it usually is. :-)
- "What is the sound of Perl? Is it not the sound of a wall that people have stopped banging their heads against?"
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