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in thread Useful addition to Perl?

Umm.. this is Perl, we throw everything in that appears even slightly useful and say "TIMTOWTDI." Evaluating features on the basis of consistancy is not the Perl way, it's the Python way.

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Re: Re: Re: Useful addition to Perl?
by Anonymous Monk on Mar 05, 2004 at 00:20 UTC
    Umm.. this is Perl, we throw everything in that appears even slightly useful and say "TIMTOWTDI."
    Who is we? Are you a perl5 porter? Ever read that list? Abigail has a point (just because you use perl, doesn't mean you know anything how decisions are made).
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