From: Martin Coxall <pseudo.meta@...>
Date: 2006-10-06T17:53:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Compound Parallel Operators

> Wouldn't it be nice if all compound operators worked with parallel
> assignment?
> a,b,c *= x,y,z
> would thus be interpreted as
> a *= x
> b *= y
> c *= z

That's a scary bit of perlish implicitness. They call it "Do What I
Mean", when actually it's "Attempt to Do What You Think I Mean Getting
it Right 60% of The Time".

You know, time taken to type out expressions is not the limiting
factor in a programmer's efficiency.

Martin