Yeah, that lexiconic section sounded a bit hyperbolic. On Tue, May 1, 2018 at 6:17 PM, Larry Wall <la...@wall.org> wrote:
> On Tue, May 01, 2018 at 01:43:44AM -0700, ToddAndMargo wrote: > : The worst thing I had problems with in Perl was folks telling it > : was "Lexiconical". What? I wish they would have also said "which > : means Perl figures out your variables type on the fly, so you don't > : have to type cast everything". > > Just so that nobody overgeneralizes this into a general Perl meme, let > me point out that to the best of my recollection (which ain't as good > as it used to was), I've never heard the term "lexiconical" used that > way (or any way, really), and I'd be completely weirded out if someone > used it that way, since dynamic typing (figuring out types on the fly) > has almost nothing to do with either lexicons or lexical scoping. > > So I suspect someone has subjected you to a rather idiosyncratic > term and definition there... > > Larry >
