Just don't create a file called '-rf.'

Though I'll admit readability suffers slightly.

The problem with using C++ ... is that there's already a strong tendency in the language to require you to know everything before you can do anything.

As pointed out in a followup, Real Perl Programmers prefer things to be visually distinct.

Down that path lies madness. On the other hand, the road to hell is paved with melting snowballs.

A journey of a thousand miles continues with the second step.

I'm never satisfied because I've been always interested in too many things and I always want to do everything at once.