Re: Assign multiple variables from mysql_fetch_row() call

> Which is why you see spoofs like this one > http://bbspot.com/News/2001/03/perl_test.html The Perl code in that spoof isn't even valid. ;) And besides, the fact that you can write Perl code that looks like that and still functions is more of a feature than anything. Code that is written like that is not meant to be readable. It's meant to serve a function, and usually, it's written by one person, and read only by that person. Hehe... and to think this whole line of discussion started because someone advocates list() over () when the latter, IMO, is better because the former is redundant. That's what it comes down to, really. *shrug* > I'm sorry, I have heard the arguments that PERL can be extremely readable > if written properly. The problem with this from the standpoint of someone > trying to learn the language is that many (if not most) people who program > in > PERL don't take the time to write readable code. This makes both > maintaining > and learning from PERL programs more difficult. I think that they would > even > admit on a PERL list that PERL does have a higher learning curve than PHP. The same can be said for PHP. Some people don't take the time to write readable code, no matter what the language. Because of this universality, that makes it a rather moot point. -- -Ryan :: ICQ - 595003 :: GigaBoard - http://www.gigaboard.net/