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Re^4: Perl 5.10: switch statement demo

by robin (Chaplain)
on Dec 20, 2007 at 21:18 UTC ( [id://658268]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^3: Perl 5.10: switch statement demo
in thread Perl 5.10: switch statement demo

Well, I wasn't really trying to make a polemical point. You just gave me a convenient excuse to draw attention to a feature of the switch implementation that I thought people might be interested in hearing about. :-)

Needless to say, though, I don't agree with you. If I did, then I wouldn't have implemented the switch feature, presumably! It sounds odd to me to hear Perl described as a "simple tool". What I like about it is precisely the opposite: the fact that it's rich and interesting, and usually has More Than One Way To Do It.

Java is a simple language, but it's difficult to write a useful Java program that is simple. Perl is not a simple language, but it is a language in which it's possible to write simple programs.

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