Quote #44

... an initial underscore already conveys strong feelings of magicalness to a C programmer.

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  1. We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.
  2. And I don't like doing silly things (except on purpose).
  3. There are many times when you want it to ignore the rest of the string just like atof() does. Oddly enough, Perl calls atof(). How convenie…
  4. : And it goes against the grain of building small tools. Innocent, Your Honor. Perl users build small tools all day long.
  5. Sorry. My testing organization is either too small, or too large, depending on how you look at it. :-)
  6. But you have to allow a little for the desire to evangelize when you think you have good news.
  7. Perl itself is usually pretty good about telling you what you shouldn't do. :-)
  8. Down that path lies madness. On the other hand, the road to hell is paved with melting snowballs.

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