Only one thing I'd mention: Under "Subroutine Arguments Handling" you offer $var=shift; as a better alternative to $var=$_[n] - which it is - but it is a (admittedly slight) performance hit vs ($var,$var2,...)=...@_;
Otherwise, pretty useful info. I'm forwarding the link to the rest of my group. :-) Jonas Bull On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 7:31 AM, Shawn H Corey <shawnhco...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10-10-08 06:10 AM, Shlomi Fish wrote: >> >> It's just that EOF is customary for that (presumable back to its root from >> shell). > > FYI: Actually, EOF dates all the way back to JCL. The alternative is EOD, > End Of Data. > > > -- > Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth, > Shawn > > Programming is as much about organization and communication > as it is about coding. > > The secret to great software: Fail early & often. > > Eliminate software piracy: use only FLOSS. > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org > For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org > http://learn.perl.org/ > > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/