On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 10:52:53PM +0100, Jenda Krynicky wrote:
> From: Rob Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > > @website[
> > > map $_->[0],
> > > sort { $b->[1] <=> $a->[1] }
> > > map [ $_, $array[$_] ],
> > > 0 .. $#array
> > > ] = 1 .. @array;
>
> This is something most Perl programmers would have a hard time
> understanding. The construct comes from functional languages.
OK. I admit it. I like functional programming :-)
[ snip nice explanation ]
Now if you had posted that half an hour earlier I wouldn't have had to
write my explanation.
On the other hand, had Man Utd not been playing tonight I could probably
have saved you some effort ;-)
Thanks for the explanation.
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