How Perl Saved the Human Genome Project (1996)

Re:How Perl Saved the Human Genome Project (1996) by nijk on Sunday May 05, 2013 @05:09PM (#5659746)

That is a lie. Some of the arguments are provided as global variables like $_, (no need to remember its name, since its value will be implicitly used whenever you omit a necessary argument) whose value is decided by something akin to Clippy choosing what seems most handy.

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Re:How Perl Saved the Human Genome Project (1996) by kbenson on Sunday May 05, 2013 @06:56PM (#5660112)

$_ is not global, it's lexical. It's value is not haphazardly chosen, it is the topic for structures that topicalize.

You seem to be proving what I said earlier[1]. You think you understand what's going on, but in truth you don't. Feel free to continue making assertions regarding things you don't know, I can't stop you, but be aware that to do so is dishonest.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5657901

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Re:How Perl Saved the Human Genome Project (1996) by Mithaldu on Sunday May 05, 2013 @05:22PM (#5659803)

$_ is very clearly and sharply defined. Only because you never took even a slightly look at the documentation does not mean you should just make up things. :)

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