On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 5:39 AM, Mark J. Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  Perl5, all the builtin "functions" are really defiend as operators,

"defined", even. (However fiendishly.)

Anyway, "function" vs "operator" is mostly a difference in terminology
that makes no difference in practice, but I believe it is technically
the "operator"-ness of these apparent functions that allows you to
call them without parentheses:

pugs> max 1, 2, 3
3




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Mark J. Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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