introspection (and Perl 6)

[Ovid]

--- chromatic <chromatic at wgz.org> wrote:

> On Monday 21 January 2008 14:44:40 Jeff Anderson wrote:
> 
> > Second, HOW is more readable than ^  -- i don't care how you slice
> it.
> 
> THAT IS NICE SEMICOLON SHORTHANDS ARE TERRIBLE STOP END TRANSMISSION
> 
> -- c
> 

  IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
  PROGRAM-ID. NOT-PERL-SIX.
  WORKING-STORAGE SECTION.
  01  WIBBLES.
      05  NICK     PIC X(10) VALUE "chromatic".
      05  FILLER   PIC XXXX.
      05  TEMPER   PIC X(10) VALUE "snarky". 
  01  YADDA-YADDA.
      05  OOF      PIC X(9).
      05  FILLER   PIC X(13).
  01  VOIB.
      05  FILLER   PIC X(12).
      05  TOBE     PIC XX    VALUE "is".
  PROCEDURE DIVISION.
  MAIN.
      MOVE WIBBLES TO YADDA-YADDA.
      MOVE VOIB TO WIBBLES.
      MOVE OOF TO WIBBLES.
      DISPLAY WIBBLES.
      STOP RUN.

Hey, that verbosity is sooooo much more readable, right? ;)

I've been offered a fair chunk to go back to that language.

No.

Cheers,
Ovid

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