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Postings from March 2000
Lightning flashed, thunder crashed and "Joseph N. Hall" <joseph@5sigma.com> whi spered: | I don't think there's anything "dumb" about a user potentially (or | in reality) being confused by a message that describes a concatenation | operator but refers to a line containing only a double-quoted string. | It looks more like Perl is the dummy here. Well said Joseph. I was beginning to remember why I quit reading P5P while reading this thread. I'm glad there are still a few voices of reason here. Tom, saying that just because an underlying implementation detail is accurate, doesn't make it accurate in this case. Think about if I brought you a car and the windshield wipers didn't work. If I told you "I think there's something wrong with the wiper motor" would you argue "actually, it isn't the motor that is the problem, it is the electromagnets inside the motor that aren't working correctly." -spp