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Re:Is Perl 6 Being Renamed? by evancox100 on Thursday August 29, 2019 @03:28PM (#20832775)

    # copy stdin to stdout, except for lines starting with #
    while left_angle_right_angle:
        if dollar_underscore[0] =eq= "#":
            continue_next;
        }
        print dollar_underscore;
    }
Hilarious...
Re:Is Perl 6 Being Renamed? by merlincorey on Thursday August 29, 2019 @04:47PM (#20833499)
The opening block with `:` and ending block with `}` literally killed me.
Re:Is Perl 6 Being Renamed? by gpvos on Thursday August 29, 2019 @07:12PM (#20834598)
My condolences to your family and friends.
Re:Is Perl 6 Being Renamed? by tomcam on Friday August 30, 2019 @04:00PM (#20842079)
If Roger Zelazny weren’t literally dead, he’d literally be rolling over in his grave for your use of the word literally.
Re:Is Perl 6 Being Renamed? by rbp on Thursday August 29, 2019 @05:33PM (#20833929)
figuratively
Re:Is Perl 6 Being Renamed? by Stratoscope on Thursday August 29, 2019 @09:33PM (#20835265)
A relevant and rather entertaining article from Merriam-Webster:

Did We Change the Definition of 'Literally'?

Literally every modern dictionary includes this definition

https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/misuse-of-lite...

Re:Is Perl 6 Being Renamed? by rwbhn on Thursday August 29, 2019 @09:58PM (#20835380)
My favorite bit: "If you dislike hearing other people use it, you may continue to be upset."
Re:Is Perl 6 Being Renamed? by ivanhoe on Friday August 30, 2019 @05:11AM (#20836949)
So you're (literally?) using "it figuratively killed me" as a figure of speech? For real?
Re:Is Perl 6 Being Renamed? by jdironman on Thursday August 29, 2019 @06:24PM (#20834317)
Characterally.
Re:Is Perl 6 Being Renamed? by singingfish on Friday August 30, 2019 @07:02AM (#20837440)
people who use literally to mean figuratively literally give me the shits.
Re:Is Perl 6 Being Renamed? by bryanrasmussen on Thursday August 29, 2019 @08:32PM (#20834981)
brutally
Re:Is Perl 6 Being Renamed? by shitgoose on Thursday August 29, 2019 @10:52PM (#20835604)
i either missed the joke or missed the perl6 spec about :} notation. can you explain?
Re:Is Perl 6 Being Renamed? by Grinnz on Thursday August 29, 2019 @11:08PM (#20835666)
See the link in the parent comment.