>>>>> "Owen" == Owen Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Owen> Well that's the way hashes work. If you have a recent version of Perl, at Owen> least the order will be the same different order each time you run the Owen> program. Actually, that's exactly backwards. :) On recent versions of Perl, the order is *deliberately* randomized to prevent certain denial-of-service attacks against Perl programs acting on user-selected data. On older versions of Perl, the order was consistent and predictable (although *apparently* "chaotic"). -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
