Thus spoke A.M. Kuchling (on 2006-09-30 19:26):
> On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 09:10:14 +0100,
> Steve Holden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> My God, Perl 6 is going to be even less comprehensible that Perl 5,
>> which was at least usable. Is »=>« really a Perl6 operator? That's too
>> funny!
>
> While we poor Python people have to cope with writing:
> d = dict(zip(k, v))
> instead of Perl 6's
> %h = @k >>=><< @v;
>
> But at least the Perl solution is 4 non-whitespace characters shorter...
Didn't I get the joke?
The Perl version would be a hash slice initialization on %dict:
@dict{ @k } = @v;
Thats it. What is the fuzz all about? I consider 'hyper fatarrow'
(you did't the »=>« get right) just a joke of LW
(he does so sometimes ;-).
Regards
Mirco
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