>Perl supplies an operator for line input - angle brackets. This is no
>analogous operator for output. I propose "inverse angle brackets":
>>"Print this line.\n"<;
Perl already *has* a print operator: "print". :-)
The problem with what you have there is that it hides the act of
output wit
>=item Complex filehandle references
>my %filesystem;
>my $filename = '/etc/shells';
>open $filesystem{$filename}, $filename
>or die "can't open $filename: $!";
>print <$filesystem{$filename}>;
>__END__
>GLOB{0xa042284}
This goes hand-in-glove with the issue tha
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=head1 TITLE
Formats out of core / New format syntax
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Object Class hooks into C
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=head1 ABSTRACT
There needs to be a
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Perl should have a print operator
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Angle brackets should not be used for file globbing
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