Please, do not repost. Mike, please check the archive at
http://archive.develooper.com/beginners%40perl.org/
If we have people reposting (and reposting and reposting) this list will
become quite cluttered.
Thanks,
Dan
"Hanby, Mike" wrote:
>
> Could you repost the answer? I just joined this group and would love to
> read the great answer referenced in the post.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sean O'Leary [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 12:30
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: help me understand $_
>
> At 07:33 PM 4/22/2001, you wrote:
>
> >Sean O'Leary -- Damn that was a good explaination! I
> >felt like I understood $_ very well before, but I
> >understand it even better now. A very perlish post
> >indeed. Larry the linguist would be proud!
> >
> >Matt
>
> Thanks. : ) I'm glad I could help out.
>
> There are lots of tutorials out there that will just say, "In case x, you
> should use y." but I don't think these help people. If you show someone
> what something is doing there in the larger scheme of things, they look at
> a situation, decide if it really is best for them to use 'y', use it if it
> is, or know where else to go if it isn't. Kind of the "give a man a fish /
> teach him to fish" proverb.
>
> May you go forth and Perl with style and aplomb. Maybe a little swagger,
> too.
>
> Thank you for your time,
>
> Sean.
