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in thread Thx, St. Larry, for the Beauty of Sigils

> No, we have plain variables and references to variables (and functions).

I was using my own wording for the distinction.

But sorry "plain variable" is blah.

The fact that other languages do implicit dereferencation in their syntax doesn't make them less plain.

$a, %a and @a are in fact containers for references, to allow such implicit dereferencation. °

So how are containers "plain" now?

But Perl is more explicit* here, which helps understanding what is really happening if you do an assignment a=b in another languages, where they sometimes copy the content or the reference.

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery FootballPerl is like chess, only without the dice

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°) e.g. $a[0] is by definition (\@a)->[0]

*) "Explicit is better than implicit" quote from Python blah

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Re^4: Thx, St. Larry, for the Beauty of Sigils
by shmem (Chancellor) on Jul 27, 2019 at 14:31 UTC
    But sorry "plain variable" is blah.

    I was using my own wording for the distinction.

    perl -le'print map{pack c,($-++?1:13)+ord}split//,ESEL'
      Ok so please explain "plain" in your own wording.

      Cheers Rolf
      (addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
      Wikisyntax for the Monastery FootballPerl is like chess, only without the dice

        No, since you already got the meaning.

        perl -le'print map{pack c,($-++?1:13)+ord}split//,ESEL'