Perl is worse! (was: Python is Wierd!)

[Steve Lamb]

On Mon, 31 Jul 2000 02:08:14 GMT, Grant Edwards <nobody at nowhere.nohow> wrote:
>Only if "debone" is a valid operation for the object "peach" and if dial is
>a valid operation for the object "waffle-iron".  You can't state a-priori
>that this is the case.

>In real-life only certain operations are valid for a particular object.

    In real-life you can't make them valid for a certain object, in a
programming language you can which is exactly why trying to magle real-world
limitations upon the constructs of a computer is, well, not exactly the most
ideal thing to do.

>>>I don't understand the analogy.  Pens are not responsible for
>>>parsing English sentances and proofreading them.  They're
>>>responsible for leaving a visible trail when they're dragged
>>>across a paper surface.

>>    Exactly.  

>Huh?

    The pen doesn't toss an exception, neither should the language since they
are both /tools/.


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