* Robert Haas (robertmhaas@gmail.com) wrote:
> Why must the backslash commands be more powerful than any alternative
> we might come up with?
Because they encode alot of information in a character- something which
is next to impossible to do in "english".
Consider 'standard' perl vs. perl w/ 'use English;'. The former is much
more condesned and the latter is much more verbose. Which would you
want to use on a daily basis and which would you like to have in an
application someone else may have to support some day? Next question:
how long do you really think you're going to be around? :)
Stephen