>>>>>> "ES" == Erez Schatz <moonb...@gmail.com> writes: > >>> $| is a special variable. All perl special variables are listed in >>> perldoc perlvar. See that document for a full explanation. > > ES> This isn't really helping, sorry. > > sorry, but pointing someone to the docs is helping more than directly > answering the question. this has been debated for years and teaching > newbies how to use the docs has always proven to be a win because it is > a skill they need to learn. perl's docs are among the best out there and > very comprehensive.
Curiously the most helpful people on this list seem to think the perldoc system is great, but I've always found it to be rather hard to use. If I need to figure out what "$." means, how do I even start? I can't type "perldoc '$.'" (well, I can, but it doesn't find anything). How would I ever know that "perlvar" is the place to go without asking? Everybody gets pointed back to the perldoc system, and yet when they have more questions, they often still have to come back here to even start. - Bryan -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
