Perlers, I just got a copy of Intermediate Perl (the updated version of Learning Perl Objects, References, and Modules, aka Alpaca) and started reading. I've been coding Perl for about 18 months now and every time I see '$_' I immediately understand its use in the context of the code, but I don't know its name. I realized this after reading over example code in the Alpaca and it got me to wondering: _Is_ there a name for '$_' ? For example, when I see '#!', I read 'shebang' and it rolls off the tongue, but 'dollar underscore' is clumsy. Does anyone know if a name exists? If not, do any of you have pet name for it?
I know this is a whimsical (and possibly esoteric) question but I figured it might generate some fun threads. ry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
