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Postings from September 2001
On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 04:05:26PM -0700, Brent Dax wrote:
> In other words, when you have sub foo {} in your code, it will be
> assigned an opcode number in the 'private' section. The global section
> is for things that are built-in to Parrot, while the private section is
> for stuff you write. (Right?)
That's a better explanation than I managed, thanks.
> Perl *scalars* are PMCs. Those PMCs may hold strings within them.
> However, string manipulation is done in special string registers, which
> are *not* PMCs.
That's also a better explanation than I managed, thanks.
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