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DATE | 2004-11-20 |
FROM | Billy
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SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Perl vs. PHP
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Ruben Safir Secretary NYLXS wrote:
>On Sat, Nov 20, 2004 at 09:17:27PM -0500, Billy wrote: > > >>Ruben Safir wrote: >> >> >> >>> >>> >>>> The immediate context was the (current) lack of a >>>>case/switch construct in Perl... about which I never understood >>>>why it is such a big deal. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>The control flow is so flexible in perl that it doesn't need a case >>>statement. >>> >>>Their an idiot. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>I don't think so. I think it should have a case statement. >> >> >> > > >I do. They are idots. > >And so are cases. Cases are anal retenssive uneeded syntaxes in any language. > > Unneeded? Sure. I suppose hashtables are unneeded, too. That doesn't make them extremely useful.
I don't know why you think cases are anal retentive. I use them all the time, even in Perl, and I wish it were easier to do so.
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