Okay, then:

@foo = @( @a + @b );            # @(), $(), and %() set context.

Easier to identify the operators, and little or no question about the
context...


--- Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Stephen P. Potter writes:
> : Maybe this is a crazy (or stupid) idea, but why couldn't we use the
> $, @,
> : and % characters?  
> : 
> :     @foo = @a @+ @b;        # element by element add
> 
> Because it's difficult to tell the operators from the terms visually.
> 
> Larry


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Austin Hastings
Global Services Consultant
Continuus Software Corporation
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