Re:In Praise of Perl 5
by einhverfr on Friday February 28, 2014 @03:45AM
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> Anyway, Perl referencing an deferencing syntax is a mess.
It's not too bad. It is amusing however to see someone with twelve years of experience doing something like: somefunc(\%$someobject); Um, wtf?
I personally found the reference/dereference syntax close enough to C's I had no trouble with it but far enough away I didn't get references and pointers confused.
It's not too bad. It is amusing however to see someone with twelve years of experience doing something like: somefunc(\%$someobject); Um, wtf?
I personally found the reference/dereference syntax close enough to C's I had no trouble with it but far enough away I didn't get references and pointers confused.