On Fri, Aug 11, 2000 at 02:52:32AM -0700, Nathan Wiger wrote:
> Mike-
>
> Jeremy's got a great explanation of this, which I'll paraphrase, but the
> discussion went through lots of iterations. Think of the ^ as a carat or
> thumbtack, holding the place for later variables. Then, consider the
> parallels:
>
> Placeholder Variable
> Anonymous ^_ $_
> Numbered ^1 ^2 $1 $2
> Named ^bob ^jim $bob $jim
>
> When you look at the symmetry this way, I think it makes a ton of sense
> and even makes currying a lot more understandable. In fact, I think the
> syntax is very Perlish.
I agree, however I wonder if ^ is the right character. Consider a
currie function that used a regexp
/^_/
What is that matching ?
So I would suggest something like one of : _
Graham.
