Re: [FWP] Goal oriented programming

["Edward M. Perry" <eperry@learjet.com>]

> See ch. 8 of The Camel under Programming with Style.
> 
>   The Perl style guide says you should put the important thing on the
>   left, which is another way of saying you should try to make your goal
>   clearer to the reader.
>                -  Larry Wall
> 
> 
> So (quoting from The Camel, p. 547)
> 
>       print "Starting analysis\n" if $verbose;
> 
>    is better than
> 
>       $verbose && print "Starting analysis\n";
> 
>    since the main point isn't whether the user typed -v or not.

I agree with premise (important stuff first) but not the conclusion
(action is more important than the condition).

Regardless of what camel suggests the condition is more important:

if (0) { whocares(); }

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