Shawn schreef:
> Chris:

>> I'm working on yet another exercise from Intermediate Perl.  I've
>> been given a script that searches for files that fall between a two
>> timestamps.  For the exercise, I am supposed to write the
>> gather_mtime_between subroutine that will return two references to
>> two subroutines.  One will use File::Find that will find the files
>> that were modified between the two timestamps.  The other function
>> should return a list of the found items.
>> 
> 
> Why do people who write these books have exercises of little
> practical value? 

An exercise needs to be educational. 


> closure introduce another layer of compile/run to the program.  They
> should be avoided.   

Why would a "closure introduce another layer of compile/run"? 
A closure carries an environment, so just call it an object. 

-- 
Affijn, Ruud

"Gewoon is een tijger."

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