[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > "Michael R. Wolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> > Since <> is used so often in a while loop to mean the
> > diamond operator, I prefer to spell out "glob" as follows.
> >
> >
> > while (glob "sn.????") {
> > print "$_\n";
> > }
> >
> > Just a *preference*. They're both *right*.
>
> I agree. Your way is somewhat cleaner and clearer. As an old perl 4 hacker, I
> remember some of the older practices and old habits die hard. ;-)
old habits die hard -> new habits live easy?
I guess you figured out <> as glob early on. I didn't, and
it grabbed me for a long while until I figured it out. Too
bad there are only so many ASCII characters to go around for
operators -- it makes overloading too tempting.
--
Michael R. Wolf
All mammals learn by playing!
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