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<snip> > sane indentation by making it part of the language, Perl is a > language that enforces a dialect of hungarian notation by making > its variable decorations an intrinsic part of the language. But $, @, and % indicate data organization, not type... > What if, instead of cramming everything into "scalar" to the point > where it loses its value as "a data type that magically converts > between numeric and string, as needed," we undo the Great Perl5 > Dilution and undecorate references. Continuing this further, why keep *any* notation at all? Why are vars with string or numeric data more worthy of $? <snip> > We are at the point where there are so many variable types that the > dollar sign on their names has become a hollow formality. Again, I'm confused. All I expect from something with a $ is that it's a single value, not necessarily a string or a number. And what if I want to treat a string-ifiable object as an untyped value? Is my var then "$ worthy"? - MattThread Previous | Thread Next