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Formats out of core / New format syntax
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Maintainer: Nathan Wiger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 30 Aug 2000
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Version: 1
Number: 181
Status:
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 within
On 31 Aug 2000, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
my format $FILE_FORMAT =
@: @
$name, $ssn
.
Then this is even less different and scary. Get rid of that Cmy and
it's Perl 5.
s/that Cmy/that Cmy and the dollar sign/;
Cheers,
Philip
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Philip Newton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
