Perl's lack of 'in' keyword

[Ovid]

--- On Wed, 8/10/08, Nigel Metheringham <nigel.metheringham at dev.intechnology.co.uk> wrote:

> > If anyone comes back and tell me that they think ~~
> scans nicely in  
> > english
> 
> 
> Considering your email address I would have thought you
> would be very
> much in favour of ~~ and have a good way of pronouncing
> it....

Ooh!  Nigel versus Nigel and Nigel wins!

Seriously, though ... when I first saw the regex binding operator "=~", I thought the same thing.  Now I don't even blink.  If people find smart match useful enough, this operator will become so commonplace that many might complain, but few will be worried about it.

Beer.

Cheers,
Ovid
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