Re^9: When every microsecond counts: Parsing subroutine parameters

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Just for the sake of completeness, we get to five if you count R, which allows one to intersperse positional and named parameters in a remarkably laissez-faire manner. It's not exactly a general-purpose language, though.

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Re^10: When every microsecond counts: Parsing subroutine parameters by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on May 19, 2008 at 09:37 UTC
Acknowledged. Five and counting. There are bound to be a few more yet :) Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. "Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."	[reply]

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Re^10: When every microsecond counts: Parsing subroutine parameters
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on May 19, 2008 at 09:37 UTC

Acknowledged. Five and counting. There are bound to be a few more yet :)

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

"Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."

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