Fear and loathing of the "perification" of Smalltalk
Peter William Lount
peter at smalltalk.org
Tue Sep 4 18:53:06 UTC 2007
Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
>>>>>> "Peter" == Peter William Lount <peter at smalltalk.org> writes:
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> Peter> The Perlification of Smalltalk: Curly Braces and the Road to PerlCrypticTalk.
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> I respectfully request that you not use Perl as a swear word in my presence.
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> :)
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Hi,
Well it's not meant as a swear word exactly. It's meant as a comparison
between the simple Smalltalk syntax and the complex mess that is the
Perl syntax. I was thinking of apologizing to the Perl community for
coining the phrase "perlification". Sorry about that but it's
descriptive beyond belief. Please accept my apology. I would have used
"APLification" but I didn't think that many would get it as well as the
Perl version.
Please see "The Simplicity and Power Comes from the Smalltalk Syntax"
linked here: http://smalltalk.org/articles/article_20040914_a1.html.
Cheers,
Peter
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