aml@world.std.com (Andrew M. Langmead) sez: > This causes a lot more overhead than you probably want a sorting > routine to have. It has to dereference $r on each compare. ... You might want to do a small test to see if the typeglob makes a substantial difference. Otherwise, leaving it out might be clearer. -r Rich Morin, Canta Forda Computer Laboratory | Prime Time Freeware - quality UNIX consulting, training, and writing | freeware at affordable prices P.O. Box 1488, Pacifica, CA, 94044, USA | www.ptf.com info@ptf.com rdm@cfcl.com +1 650-873-7841 | +1 408-433-9662 -0727 (Fax) ***** Want to unsubscribe from this list? ***** Send mail with body "unsubscribe" to mac-perl-request@iis.ee.ethz.ch