Re: RFC: Filehandle type-defining punctuation

[Jon Ericson]

Ted Ashton wrote:
> Thus it was written in the epistle of Tom Christiansen,
> > Nope.  A filehandle is a singular whatzitz.  It thus mandatory takes
> > the singular prefix; to wit, $.  What's next?  Integer and float and
> > complex and string and char and bits prefixes?
> 
> (Weighing in with the traditional "but Tom" message)
> 
> But Tom, filehandles are different gadgets.  

Filehandles singular, atomic gadgets.
Singular, atomic gadgets are called scalars in Perl.

> They have been in perl up to this
> point and they are conceptually.  

This is a historical accident.

> I've appreciated and agreed with your linking
> the punctuation before a variable to parts of speech, but if the you decide
> that $ is the single singular whatzitz, then what is the plural whatzitz?

Arrays (and hashes)

Jon
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