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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 Clark
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