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Simon Cozens:
# 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.
Hey, I'm a trained professional in Cozens-to-English, what do you
expect? :^)
--Brent Dax
brentdax@cpan.org
"...and if the answers are inadequate, the pumpqueen will be overthrown
in a bloody coup by programmers flinging dead Java programs over the
walls with a trebuchet."
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