>>>>> "Sverre" == Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> We use idiomatic Perl, e.g. Sverre> Ah, I thought that the discussion was about whether the "$_" syntax Sverre> was idiomatic or not. It got the impression that the "$ARG etc. is a Sverre> failed experiment" was Randal's personal opinion, but if that's how Sverre> the perl community has decided that things should be done than that's Sverre> of course how we should do it :). Yes. Within the Perl community, $_ is idiomatic. "use English" is discouraged. It was an interesting experiment, but it failed. Please stop making me repeat myself. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html