Re: RFC 76 (v1) Builtin: reduce

[Larry Wall]

Jarkko Hietaniemi writes:
: > > (Yes, there is a small aesthetic edge in using $a vs $_[0], but I still
: > > consider the $ and $b to be warts.)
: > > 
: > And anyhow, this will work just fine (see RFC 23):
: > 
: >   $sum = reduce ^a + ^b, @numbers;
: 
: I have been amply reminded of this, thanks :-)  (Too little time
: to spend on RFCs...)

Yes, but has anyone pointed out that

   @out = sort ^b cmp ^a, @in;

won't do what people will certainly think it ought to?

Larry