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Baby perl doesn't use shortcuts. EG, doesn't use references, and if it does use them it uses them verbosely: ${$ref} not $$ref. Doesn't use methods, just subs. Doesn't use the "pronouns", eg $_, @_. Or better put, uses them a little bit, but quickly sets them to vars so that the baby doesn't have to look at something that looks like punctuation.

for with a test instead of grep. for instead of map.

On the other hand, basic things, like avoiding overuse of global variables, should be observed even by a "baby."

And I disagree that use strict shouldn't be expected of babies. If you see your baby crawling towards a glowing fireplace with a goofy smile on his face, you would stop him and yell at him not to do that again, no? Same thing.


In reply to Re: "Baby" Perl versus "Bad" Perl by tphyahoo
in thread "Baby" Perl versus "Bad" Perl by Ovid

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