On Wed, 1 Jun 2005, Luke Palmer wrote:
I read that (mathematically) as "for all i, for all j such that j-i=1,
a_i<a_j", which is certainly satisfied by an empty list.
Yep, it sure is. Now tell Perl to read it that way for any operator.
Should _I_?!? ;-)
I wonder what a logic-oriented programming language a' la prolog would say
in this case. Now, Perl6 is supposed to support similar features too -
maybe the right(TM) answer could be along that way...
Michele
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