worley@compass.com (Dale Worley) (10/02/90)
Why is it that newlines (actual newlines, not "\n"s) are allowed in string constants but not patterns? It seems inconsistent. (Personally, I think newlines in string constants are the work of the Devil...) Dale Worley Compass, Inc. worley@compass.com -- May I take this opportunity of emphasizing that there is no cannibalism in the British Navy. Absolutely none, and when I say none, I mean there is a certain amount, more than we are prepared to admit.
lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall) (10/03/90)
In article <1990Oct2.154529.15789@uvaarpa.Virginia.EDU> worley@compass.com writes:
: Why is it that newlines (actual newlines, not "\n"s) are allowed in
: string constants but not patterns? It seems inconsistent.
This is because I'm not really a language designer, but a squeaky wheel
greaser.
: (Personally, I think newlines in string constants are the work of the
: Devil...)
Matthew 12:24 comes to mind. :-)
Larrywnp@iiasa.AT (wolf paul) (10/03/90)
In article <9772@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall) writes: >In article <1990Oct2.154529.15789@uvaarpa.Virginia.EDU> worley@compass.com writes: >: (Personally, I think newlines in string constants are the work of the >: Devil...) > >Matthew 12:24 comes to mind. :-) So do the following verses apply to Perl as well? I hope not, because I am beginning to like it very much. Thanks, Larry! -- Wolf N. Paul, IIASA, A - 2361 Laxenburg, Austria, Europe PHONE: +43-2236-71521-465 FAX: +43-2236-71313 UUCP: uunet!iiasa.at!wnp INTERNET: wnp%iiasa.at@uunet.uu.net BITNET: tuvie!iiasa!wnp@awiuni01.BITNET * * * * Kurt Waldheim for President (of Mars, of course!) * * * *