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Your code will either not print anything, or it'll never finish printing.

You're right, I forgot the $junk--; after the print statement.

That's a pretty bold statement, considering many languages do have a 'switch', perl6 will have a switch, there's Switch.pm, both the manual and the FAQ discuss it (without dismissing it as choicing a bad algorithm), and it has been on the wishlist since the very first release of Perl in 1987.

I never said switch was bad code. Perl6 will have a switch because a lot of people want it, and it is very readable. However, switch statements are unbelievably over-used. I stand by my statement; chances are, if your algorithm needs switch, you can come up with a better algorithm. There are, of course, a few exceptions.

As to your "considering many languages have a 'switch'", multiplicity does not correctness make.

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In reply to Re^3: fall through switch/case in perl by radiantmatrix
in thread fall through switch/case in perl by ykar

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