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Article #6999Re: Metalanguages in environments where code is data.
From: Peter da Silva
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 1994 22:17
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 1994 22:17
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In article <1994Nov16.032439.22577@netlabs.com>,
Larry Wall <lwall@netlabs.com> wrote:
> event_wait [
> 'control $door "close"' => 'signal $alarm "Door $door closed',
> 'control $door "open"' => 'signal $alarm "Door $door opened',
> ];
Don't like that one much.
> event_wait [
> sub {control $door "close"} =>
> sub { signal $alarm "Door $door closed" },
> sub {control $door "open"} =>
> sub { signal $alarm "Door $door opened" },
> ];
But this one's nice.
Damn. I'm gonna have to quit ragging on Perl.
It might still be huge and featurelogged, but it's getting way more readable.
Be nice if you could do something about the @$% stuff, but that's probably
way too deeply ingrained.
--
Peter da Silva `-_-'
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