Perl's lack of 'in' keyword

[Andy Armstrong]

On 7 Oct 2008, at 17:50, Iain Barnett wrote:
>> Why wait for Perl 6? Perl 5 has had it for almost a year now. It's
>> spelled ~~ though.
>
> Is there some reason why -- was picked over 'in' ? It just seems to  
> pander to those who think perl reads like line noise.


It's ~~ not -- and it's not just in - it's a general purpose adaptive  
match whose semantics are determined by the things being matched.

And (meta) who cares about people who think that Perl reads like line  
noise. Should the language bend to the preferences of those who  
dislike it?

More on smart match:

http://perltraining.com.au/tips/2008-04-18.html

-- 
Andy Armstrong, Hexten