Re: SV: SV: [Fun With Perl] Everything should be kept as simple as po ssib le...

[merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)]

>>>>> "patrik" == patrik grip-jansson <patrik.grip-jansson@vv.se> writes:

patrik> 	The only reason I can see for usage of the "cat foo
patrik> |"-construct is when you are showing an absolute beginner how
patrik> to do something. They have a tendency to get confused with "<"
patrik> and ">". Which of course can be rather unfortunate :-)

"Since driving on the street is SO difficult, we're gonna start by
driving on the sidewalk.  Now, you'll never actually do this in real
life, but remember, you're just starting out.  Always remember never
to do what I'm about to show you."

That's how your argument sounds to me.

If they can't handle < and >, but they can handle |, where the heck
did they grow up?

<sigh>

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