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From:
Rafael Garcia-Suarez
Date:
May 14, 2003 02:05
Subject:
Re: Should we deprecate $; ?
Message ID:
20030514110307.154c034c.rgarciasuarez@free.fr
Michael G Schwern <schwern@pobox.com> wrote:
> On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 09:01:19AM +0200, Rafael Garcia-Suarez wrote:
> > > FWIW, Tie::Math makes good use of it because writing tied, multi-dimensional
> > > data structures is a pain in the ass.  Its easier to handle:  $tied{1,2,3} 
> > > than $tied{1}{2}{3}.
> > 
> > However, there is no real significant advantage over $tied{"$a,$b,$c"}.
> > At least when the number of dimensions is constant (as in every good
> > universe ;-)
> 
> Except the need for explicit quoting. :(

awk has to be better for something ;-)

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