Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >Well, compactness for one. With a scalar on one side it's less odd (it was >a bad example). When funkier, though: > > @foo = @bar * @baz; > >the expansion becomes less obvious It is "obviously" a cross-product ;-) With perl's $s and @s we can actually make sensible choice between mathamaticians · (dot) and X (cross) produducts from context. Whether that is a good idea is another matter. >and quite a bit larger, especially if >the arrays are multidimensional. > > Dan > >--------------------------------------"it's like this"------------------- >Dan Sugalski even samurai >[EMAIL PROTECTED] have teddy bears and even > teddy bears get drunk -- Nick Ing-Simmons