Re^3: conditional self-execution


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Re^3: conditional self-execution

by GrandFather (Saint)

on Jan 28, 2008 at 03:33 UTC ( [id://664619]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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It's the C legacy ya know ;).

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Re^4: conditional self-execution
by apotheon (Deacon) on Jan 28, 2008 at 03:41 UTC

An entire category of entities just for three pseudo-constants, for hysterical purposes thanks to C legacy. Yeah. I think that qualifies as a wart on the language.

. . . but I still do love my Perl so. Thanks again.

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Re^5: conditional self-execution

by blazar (Canon) on Jan 29, 2008 at 09:59 UTC

I personally believe you may be glad to know -just for the record- that in full respect to the principle of least surprise, in Perl 6 "this kinda things" will actually be made regular variables of an appropriate namespace, with an appropriate sigil, and an appropriate twigil.

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