On Jul 30, 2007, at 10:48 PM, Jeff Hinrichs - DM&T wrote:
On 7/30/07, Sam Tetherow <tetherow@shwisp.net> wrote:There is a big difference between should and must.Yes, there is. Must is enforced by the interpreter/compiler, should is enforced by convention. Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. ;) With python, whitespace is not a should, it is a must.
Perl lets you choose.You can clean dirty code if you want and/or you can enforce your own best practices automatically:
http://www252.pair.com/comdog/mastering_perl/Chapters/ 07.cleaning_up_code.html
Cheers, j Omaha Perl Mongers: http://omaha.pm.org