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Re:Is Perl 6 Being Renamed? by jerf on Thursday August 29, 2019 @10:42AM (#20829903)
I suggest and use the opposite rule of thumb, "always use references". It tends to simplify things. Python writes the same rule into the language itself.
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Re:Is Perl 6 Being Renamed? by mannykannot on Thursday August 29, 2019 @11:05AM (#20830121)
When I used it for larger tasks, I did the same. Nowadays, the consequence of my rule is that Perl 5 sits in my toolbox between Awk and Python.
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