Re:Larry Wall has approved renaming Perl 6 to Raku
by Qcombinator on Monday October 14, 2019 @05:00PM
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I think explains a lot of the polarised reactions people have towards Perl. It's trivial to understand the difference between the scalar var $foo and the array var $foo[0] if someone explains it to you or you read it; but if you're trying to Google-as-you-go, you don't even know what to search for. Those in the former group are more likely to find Perl delightful, while to the latter it's just frustrating.
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Re:Larry Wall has approved renaming Perl 6 to Raku
by dragonwriter on Monday October 14, 2019 @05:12PM
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> It's trivial to understand the difference between the scalar var $foo and the array var $foo[0] if someone explains it to you or you read it;
I don't Perl much, but aren't those both scalars and @foo is an array variable. $foo[0] would be a scalar that is the first element of @foo, right?
Re:Larry Wall has approved renaming Perl 6 to Raku
by Qcombinator on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @01:04AM
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Yes, indeed — I should have said "scalar element of the array var..." or something.