On Wed, May 14, 2003 at 11:03:07AM +0200, Rafael Garcia-Suarez wrote: > 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 ;-) > No, that's not right. If I understand you correctly, that now means that awk is better for *two* things 1: (the equivalent of) $/ can be a regexp 2: what you just said. Note, that I don't know any awk, so I may be very wrong here. Nicholas ClarkThread Previous