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Re: [MacPerl] FNG

To: Christian Brechbuehler <brech@vision.ee.ethz.ch>, Geoffrey C Kinnel <kinnelg@bms.com>
Subject: Re: [MacPerl] FNG
From: Gene Hsu <gene@remarq.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 12:28:22 -0800
Cc: mac-perl@iis.ee.ethz.ch
In-Reply-To: <13999.26609.890346.746651@macupo>
References: <v04003a00b2d55d1bcc87@[195.7.225.161]><36AF241C.41B2C381@bms.com>

>First, $x is a string.  Then it is a number. My question: How many
>kinds of "scalars" exist?

I think you almost hit them all.  There's a number (either an integer or
a double), a string, and a reference.  There may be other magical things
hidden within the guts of perl, but that's all that I know of.

-- Gene

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References:
- [MacPerl] FNG
  - From: kevin dowd <dowd@ndirect.co.uk>
- Re: [MacPerl] FNG
  - From: Geoffrey C Kinnel <kinnelg@bms.com>
- Re: [MacPerl] FNG
  - From: Christian Brechbuehler <brech@vision.ee.ethz.ch>

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