That's because they aren't particularly interesting in modules, but in 10 line scripts, they show up quite frequently.
This undermines the rest of your request.
No, actually, it doesn't. Juerd doesn't seem to like ``, but that point is entirely orthogonal to the introduction of the ` dereferencing operator.
The two uses don't conflict. (which is why I was able to make a patch that adds the `-operator to perl 5.8.3)
-- Matthijs van Duin -- May the Forth be with you!
