[Omaha.pm] [off topic] Re: 5.10.0

[Travis McArthur]

Dan Linder wrote:
> On Jan 17, 2008 7:33 AM, Jay Hannah <jay at jays.net 
> <mailto:jay at jays.net>> wrote:
>
>     I haven't played with it yet. I'm looking forward to using // and
>     //=   :)
>
>  
> I wonder if similar comments were ever made about other programming 
> languages with as much true desire?
>
> "Wow, I can't wait to get to use /* and */ to make actual comment 
> blocks!" (C)
> "Gosh, I love line numbers!" (Basic)
> "Why would I need more than two or three arguments to a command?" 
> (Assembly programmer)
> "You mean blocks of code DON'T have to be in perfect columns?" 
> (Fortran programmer)
>
> Dan
>
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Don't forget "Gee, I sure do love significant whitespace!" (Python).  
*shivers* never could get over that...

I think the switch statement in the core is a nice development, and the 
named regular-expression identifiers is pretty nice too, I have some 
programs I use in which that will come quite in handy (mostly text 
processing stuff naturally, screen scrapers).

Best Regards,
Travis