Ed Mills wrote:
> The fact that something can be accomplished in Perl doesn't necessarily mean
> its the best or most desirable way to do it. I respect the programming
> abilities, but
>
>grep { ref($a) eq ref($b) } @b)
>
> is far less intuitive than the proposal.
...and is an example of
Tom Christiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >IMHO Perl should add a plethora of higher-order functions for arrays and
> >hashes, and from the chatter here I think a lot of people agree.
>
> Make some modules, release them, and see how much they're used. Then
> one can contemplate sucking
>IMHO Perl should add a plethora of higher-order functions for arrays and
>hashes, and from the chatter here I think a lot of people agree.
Make some modules, release them, and see how much they're used. Then
one can contemplate sucking them into the core based upon the success
of those modul
The fact that something can be accomplished in Perl doesn't necessarily mean
its the best or most desirable way to do it. I respect the programming
abilities, but
grep { ref($a) eq ref($b) } @b)
is far less intuitive than the proposal. I could perhaps dig into my distant
memory and explain
