The perl vs. natural language argument

In article <7aIL6SG1w-B@khms.westfalen.de>,
 Kai Henningsen wrote:
> > with. You know eventually $BAD_GUY will get annoyed with ass-licker and do
> > something nasty (well, that's what @BAD_GUY do).
> There's some truth to the Perl vs. natural language argument. That's about  
> the only explanation for seeing it this much used in this way.

That's only natural language for people used to the Bourne shell.

For Windows users, that's %BAD_GUY%.

For RSX-11 that's 'BAD_GUY'.

For Tutor that's <BADGUY> where the <> really look like:

 /                    \
<|         and        |>
 \                    /

For Logo that's :BADGUY.

In Smalltalk that would be BADGUY do: [ i | what ], or maybe BADGUY collect: [ i | what ].

In Forth, BADGUY @ WCOUNT 0 DO DUP I + @ what LOOP .

Date posted: 21st March 2000