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Re: [RFC] Perl Operator List, TAKE 6

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From:
Larry Wall
Date:
November 6, 2002 11:13
Subject:
Re: [RFC] Perl Operator List, TAKE 6
Message ID:
20021106191336.GA8671@wall.org
On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 08:18:18PM +0100, Dennis Haney wrote:
: Michael Lazzaro wrote:
: 
: >  ~     - force to string context
: 
: >  ~     ~=                      - string concat
: 
: ARG. When did this get chosen?
: ~ has to be absolutly the most difficult letter to type on the intire 
: keyboard along with ^ and ", because they are also used as a prefix to 
: make û, ü, õ, ã, ñ etc.
: Thus a standalone ~ must be made with a AltGr+^ followed by a space.

Bummer.  Oh well.  You're not supposed to use string concatenation
all that often anyway...

Larry

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