>>>>> "JM" == Jeremy Muhlich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
JM> On Thu, 2006-09-21 at 08:08 -0400, Bill Ricker wrote:
>> > > Note : This 0..$#array would have been INefficient for big array back
>> > > before for(0..$N) was optimized with a lazy list.
>>
>> > When exactly did that happen?
>>
>> Long enough ago that if you find a Perl on which
>> perl -le " foreach (0..100_000_000) { print } " | more
>> has a seg or heap fault immediately, you've got a disturbingly old Perl.
JM> I just checked some old sources -- the optimization first appeared in
JM> 5.005.
which is a disturbingly old Perl!
uri
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