Re: Random items (old p5p issues)

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Alan" == Alan Burlison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

Alan> Graham Barr wrote:
>> >       Reduce          (e.g. $x = reduce { sum } @list;

Alan> Is it sufficiently more useful than:

Alan>    $x = 0; map $x += $_, @list;

As long as you write that as:

        $x = 0; $x += $_ for @list;

sure. :)

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