On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 05:07:37PM -0700, Larry Wall wrote:
> Of course, one of the big reasons we went with $self was the pun:
>
> my $self = shift;
>
> which we won't have now. Unless we always hide the invocant and
> force you to say
>
> my $self = invocant;
>
> or some such mummery. But that seems a bit retro.
But now we have endless possibilities for
$self.ish
$self.less
$self.centred
$self.obsessed
etc.
--
"But Sidley Park is already a picture, and a most amiable picture too.
The slopes are green and gentle. The trees are companionably grouped at
intervals that show them to advantage. The rill is a serpentine ribbon
unwound from the lake peaceably contained by meadows on which the right
amount of sheep are tastefully arranged." Lady Croom - Arcadia
