Personally, I prefer a python, or matlab implementation:
array1 = array2[ start : stop ].
Of course, In perl we have the .. operator. This method has just always
seemed intuitive to me. Granted an explicit function call (or gasp, another
reg-ex like call), aids the newbies eyes. The trick in
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=head1 TITLE
Alternative array and hash slicing
=head1 VERSION
Maintainer: Mike Pastore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 20 Aug 2000
Version: 1
Mailing List: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Number: 134
=head1 ABSTRACT
This RFC a