Beefy Boxes and Bandwidth Generously Provided by pair Networks
Syntactic Confectionery Delight
 
PerlMonks  

Re: poll ideas quest 2014

by chacham (Prior)
on Apr 23, 2014 at 18:05 UTC ( [id://1083408]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to poll ideas quest 2014

My favorite alternative to the semicolon as the Perl line terminator is:

#
And everyone can argue over what its called.
:
Semi-colons have been here long enough!
(space)
Why waste an extra char?
.
Stop right here
LW
Give credit where its due.
Perl6
Everyone knows that's a dead end.

Edited:

4/24 - Changed question (from: I want to change the Perl line terminator to:). Added table for clarity.

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re^2: poll ideas quest 2014
by davido (Cardinal) on Apr 23, 2014 at 18:08 UTC
    • Amen
    • So let it be written
    • All hail to the hypnotoad
    • A Unicode combining mark.

    Dave

Log In?
Username:
Password:

What's my password?
Create A New User
Domain Nodelet?
Node Status?
node history
Node Type: note [id://1083408]
help
Chatterbox?
and the web crawler heard nothing...

How do I use this?Last hourOther CB clients
Other Users?
Others drinking their drinks and smoking their pipes about the Monastery: (9)
As of 2024-04-18 14:58 GMT
Sections?
Information?
Find Nodes?
Leftovers?
    Voting Booth?

    No recent polls found