>>>>> ""Jeff" == "Jeff Pang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
"Jeff> Perl isn't a strong type language like C,so you don't have the need to "Jeff> convert the variable type distinctly. Perl is a very strongly typed language. The problem is that people keep thinking "number" or "string" is a type in Perl. It isn't. The type is called "scalar". Other types are "array" and "hash" and "filehandle" and "dirhandle" and "built-in object" and "user-defined object". Please stop with the "perl is loosely typed" nonsense. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
