Fwd: RE: $a in @b

2000-09-06 Thread Ed Mills
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

Re: Fwd: RE: $a in @b

2000-09-06 Thread Tom Christiansen
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

Re: Fwd: RE: $a in @b

2000-09-06 Thread Piers Cawley
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 them