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Re^3: pointer/alias questionby GrandFather (Saint) |
on Dec 03, 2010 at 02:53 UTC ( [id://875066]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
toolic gave the link, but the confusion is that it isn't a "pointer thing", it's a "type glob thing". Perl doesn't have pointers. It has references, but that's not the same thing - really, it's not the same thing! Perl uses reference counted memory management and that just doesn't work well with pointers. It does work well with generally not having to worry about how memory is handled though.
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