On 3/29/06, Ryan Frantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Perlers,
>
> I just got a copy of Intermediate Perl (the updated version of Learning
> Perl Objects, References, and Modules, aka Alpaca) and started reading.
> I've been coding Perl for about 18 months now and every time I see '$_'
> I immediately understand its use in the context of the code, but I don't
> know its name.  I realized this after reading over example code in the
> Alpaca and it got me to wondering: _Is_ there a name for '$_' ?  For
> example, when I see '#!', I read 'shebang' and it rolls off the tongue,
> but 'dollar underscore' is clumsy.  Does anyone know if a name exists?
> If not, do any of you have pet name for it?
>
> I know this is a whimsical (and possibly esoteric) question but I
> figured it might generate some fun threads.
>
> ry

Well, "use english" calls it $ARG.  I call it the-default-variable or
dollar-sign-underscore when talking.

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