----- Original Message ----- From: "drieux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> the variables on the left are 'softish references' to other things .. . . > not a reference but the thing in itself... > what I think you are calling 'hard reference'(????). I believe 'soft references' in perl refers to the practice of using a string to refer to the name of a scalar. As in: DB<1> $reality = "bites"; DB<2> print $reality; bites DB<3> $bites = "hard"; DB<4> print $bites; hard DB<5> print $$reality; hard DB<7> @bites = (1..10); DB<8> print @$reality; 12345678910 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
