Use english? TMTOWTDI? Paul Kraus ----------------------- PEL Supply Company Network Administrator > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Dixon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 5:21 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Use of FOR statement > > Paul Kraus wrote: > > > > Wow just tested that for (@array) do something. > > I didn't think that would work. > > > > So there is no difference as far as the compiler is concerned with for > and > > foreach? Why bother having both then? > > The practical reason is likely to be historical, but Larry would tell you > all > about the value of redundancy in the syntax of spoken, written and > computer > languages. Perl is full of it (for instance 'use English' and then $ARG > is the same thing as $_) and it goes a long way towards making the > language > what it is. Not forgetting TMTOWTDI of course! > > Rob > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
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