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in thread What operator should perl5porters use for safe dereferencing?

  1. How much time do you spend reading or editing code in a terminal session?
  2. You could grab yourself a descent programmer's font and use it in your terminal sessions.
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Re^3: What operator should perl5porters use for safe dereferencing?
by zwon (Abbot) on May 31, 2012 at 12:46 UTC
    How much time do you spend reading or editing code in a terminal session?

    100% of time

    descent programmer's font

    I find terminus quite decent. And I don't think that requirement to use font that have tilde in the middle of the line in order to read the code is reasonable.

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      I don't see why:

      ~                               ~              ~
 > is any less acceptable than =   or $bool &=  $mask;

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      With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
      Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
      "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
      In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

      The start of some sanity?
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        One is supposed to look like an arrow, the other one doesn't. It's actually a good demonstration. In your scenario, ~> would be much closer to the other operators using ~ than to the deref operator.

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      I dont find not using the most intuitive (to me) option just because your font doesn't display it well to be reasonable either. ;-)
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