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Mithaldu
on Dec 1, 2009
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Perl: Love it, or hate it, but don't ignore it
His complaint about this part shows his cluelessness: @x = (1, 2, 3, (4, 5));
A serious perl developer would write this like: my $x = [ 1, 2, 3, [ 4, 5 ] ];
chromatic
on Dec 1, 2009
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That right-side expression looks very much like how a serious Python developer would create a list of lists. Hm.
Mithaldu
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Not entirely sure what you're saying, but i touched python only once in my life and didn't like it a lot. :) (Still completed the task though.)
chromatic
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I'm merely pointing out that an honest complaint about the Perl syntax for creating nested arrays applies equally well to Python.
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A serious perl developer would write this like: my $x = [ 1, 2, 3, [ 4, 5 ] ];