On Sunday, January 31, 2016, yary <not....@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 9:29 AM, Tom Browder <tom.brow...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I don't find '.=' in the operator list. Thanks. > > It's like "+=" > > "$a .= foo(...)" is the same as "$a = $a.foo( ... )" > > Took me a bit to get my head around it when I first encountered it, now it's > like "why don't more languages do this!"
That's great! Thanks for the info. yary! > (though if you're being purely functional, you won't be re-assigning > variables. > but that's a different kettle of fish) Yep, that's kind of what fooled me when the docs say strings are immutable. But then I think they say you can redefine them later by assigning a new value to the variable. But I think you can keep them immutable by the binding operator (or something like that). I love this new language! Cheers! -Tom
