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 -- Mark J. Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>