> > > You can actually execute the above php code
> > > under perl and it will work!
> > >
> > > (You need to add
> > >
> > >     sub echo ($) { print shift }
> > >
> > > at the start to let perl know what to do with
> > > echo, or you could just replace 'echo' with
> > > 'print'.)

> [symbolic references are] a bad idea.

I've not seen this expressed in, say, the Camel.

On the other hand, on the cover of the Camel is:
"There Is More Than One Way To Do It".

> It won work with use strict.

If you use symbolic refs and are using 'use strict'
then add a 'no strict refs' as necessary.

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