I had decided to not comment any more in this thread because the language trolls got started, but... This is what Conway is claimed to be influencing: >>- Act

I had decided to not comment any more in this thread because the language trolls got started, but... This is what Conway is claimed to be influencing: >>- Actual use by mortal programmers is boring; satisfying your desire to be brilliant and clever is what matters [etc] Go check who wrote "Perl Best Practices". Better yet, read the book. (And please don't try arguing "REAL influence", or something...)