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Re: [FWP] @$a[0] = 5;

To: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)
Subject: Re: [FWP] @$a[0] = 5;
From: Peter Scott <Peter@PSDT.com>
Date: Sun, 04 Jul 1999 15:05:36 -0700
Cc: fwp@technofile.org
In-Reply-To: <m1r9mope2x.fsf@halfdome.holdit.com>
References: <Ronald J Kimball's message of "Sun, 4 Jul 1999 10:38:34 -0400"><377F6AEA.2DC2186C@fff.at><19990704103834.A181338@linguist.dartmouth.edu>

At 09:36 AM 7/4/99 -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
>But the point is really that $a and $b is "use strict" immune.  Try
>the same example with $c and $d, and you'll see. :)

I've always wondered whether there was a reason to use $a and $b for sort 
subs instead of @_[0,1].  Is it just an accident of history which is too 
late to undo?

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Pacific Systems Design Technologies

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