Ampersand’s Many Friends - Fortune [possible satire]

el_seanois there ever a good reason to omit ampersands from subroutine invocations?
* el_seano<- noob
maukewrong question
archon-always
maukeis there ever a good reason to add ampersands to subroutine calls?
archon-almost never
el_seanoit seems like a nice touch to include the sigil so there's no ambiguity
rindolfel_seano: http://perl-begin.org/tutorials/bad-elements/#ampersand-in-subroutine-calls
YaakovAmpersands are among the coolest punctuation marks & add their coolness to everything they are used for.
maukeel_seano: what ambiguity?
apeironfoo() # pretty unambiguous
archon-&Yaakov&
* rindolfprefers ampersors.
rindolfOr ampernots.
YaakovAmperSnot
archon-amberbuts
archon-amber?
archon-amperbuts!
el_seano:D
Yaakovampersif
tybalt89ampersand followed by amperbuff and amperpolish...
Yaakovamperbeadblast
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Published2012-07-03