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Callas <[email hidden]> wrote:

: On other matters, I visited your web-site. I didn't know you were into
: the C language, Arthur. I'm dedicated to the language; I started in
: about 1992, shortly after ANSI C was published.

C and Perl. I started C about the same time as you then. These days it's
mainly perl though

Ah, I don't like Perl. Had to learn it for work, rather than of my own
violition. Very functional and of great value, but not something I find
enjoyable.

--
Callas

On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 19:46:48 +0100, Callas <[email hidden]>
wrote (more or less):

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Quoted message said:

Callas <[email hidden]> wrote:

: On other matters, I visited your web-site. I didn't know you were into
: the C language, Arthur. I'm dedicated to the language; I started in
: about 1992, shortly after ANSI C was published.

C and Perl. I started C about the same time as you then. These days it's
mainly perl though

Ah, I don't like Perl. Had to learn it for work, rather than of my own
violition. Very functional and of great value, but not something I find
enjoyable.

Yeah - for fun, use Ruby.

(p.s. I loved 'violition' in this context. I'm assuming it was a
typo, but I'm still thinking of placing I could use it in future...)

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Callas said:

Ah, I don't like Perl. Had to learn it for work, rather than of my own
violition.

^^^^^^^^^^^^

Violition, eh? I like it. You do something voluntarily, of your own
volition. Somebody forces you to do it, then it's violition (but
presumably only if they actually threaten violence...)

David.

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On Sun, 11 Jul 2004 19:46:48 +0100, Callas <[email hidden]>
wrote (more or less):

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Ah, I don't like Perl. Had to learn it for work, rather than of my own
violition. Very functional and of great value, but not something I find
enjoyable.

Yeah - for fun, use Ruby.

I've heard nice things about Ruby.

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(p.s. I loved 'violition' in this context. I'm assuming it was a
typo, but I'm still thinking of placing I could use it in future...)

First invented word this year.

Most recent previous invented word: afterneath.

--
Callas

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Callas said:

Ah, I don't like Perl. Had to learn it for work, rather than of my own
violition.

^^^^^^^^^^^^

Violition, eh? I like it. You do something voluntarily, of your own
volition. Somebody forces you to do it, then it's violition (but
presumably only if they actually threaten violence...)

What, like, learn this or we'll fire you? =)

--
Callas

in message <[email hidden]>, Callas

(') said:

Ah, I don't like Perl. Had to learn it for work, rather than of my
own
violition. Very functional and of great value, but not something I
find enjoyable.

I've been trying to keep out of this thread, but that's too much. The
Impractical Distraction and Distorting Language could not be less like
a functional language if it tried[1]. It has, like King John of
England, no redeeming features and is used only by k3wl l33t h4xx0r5 as
a means of demonstrating their ability to write incomprehensible and
unmaintainable gibberish. It is probably the only programming language
ever designed for the illiterate programmer.

[1] And, to be fair, it did.

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[email hidden] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/
;; Perl ... is the Brittney Spears of programming - easily accessible
;; but, in the final analysis, empty of any significant thought
;; Frank Adrian on Slashdot, 21st July 2003

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I've been trying to keep out of this thread,

Why?

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but that's too much. The
Impractical Distraction and Distorting Language could not be less like
a functional language if it tried[1]. It has, like King John of
England, no redeeming features and is used only by k3wl l33t h4xx0r5 as
a means of demonstrating their ability to write incomprehensible and
unmaintainable gibberish. It is probably the only programming language
ever designed for the illiterate programmer.

I find Perl to be a sort of high level C; you can impliment a lot of
functionality quickly, because the language does so much for you.

IME, though, Perl is often write once, particularly when all the
shortcuts and abbreviations are used.

--
Callas

In news:[email hidden],
Simon Brooke <[email hidden]> typed:

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in message <[email hidden]>, Callas

(') said:

Ah, I don't like Perl. Had to learn it for work, rather than of my
own
violition. Very functional and of great value, but not something I
find enjoyable.

I've been trying to keep out of this thread, but that's too much.

I'd better not post how much I've been enjoying using C# over the past week,
then.

It is very readable, though.

A