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Ah yes, the thing we had in shell, Perl, and Ruby since forever, and that was never a very good idea.
by dozzie 9y ago
Ah yes, the thing we had in shell, Perl, and Ruby since forever, and that was
never a very good idea.
- odonnellryan 9y agoWhy wasn't it a good idea in these languages?
- dozzie 9y agoBecause it's often hard to edit (which includes quoting or decoding where computation or variable starts) and because it mixes formatting and presenting data with computation.