I assume there's some measure of consistency, though. I guess what I'm really wondering is -where is that line?

Where Larry told it to be. :-) (Plus, consistency is the hobgoblin of foolish minds, or something like that.)

I'm not being facetious - this is just one of those nooks and crannies of Perl5 that you either know or you don't. Perl6 (supposedly) will be more consistent, but Perl5 isn't. *shrugs*

Or, rather, it's very consistent, for some definition of consistent. (Probably not the Webster's definition, though ... remember - it's not messy, it's in a state of creative flux!)

Being right, does not endow the right to be rude; politeness costs nothing.
Being unknowing, is not the same as being stupid.
Expressing a contrary opinion, whether to the individual or the group, is more often a sign of deeper thought than of cantankerous belligerence.
Do not mistake your goals as the only goals; your opinion as the only opinion; your confidence as correctness. Saying you know better is not the same as explaining you know better.

In reply to Re^5: I've been bit in the neck by open() by dragonchild
in thread I've been bit in the neck by open() by blazar

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