On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 11:51:14AM -0400, John Porter wrote:
> Actually, % is also simply a multiplicity, differentiated only
> by the semantics of its indexing.

Bah. You should try teaching this stuff! :) 

A scalar's a thing. An array's a line of things. A hash is a bag of
pairs of things.

All different.

-- 
About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt
ax.  It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead.
                -- Edsger Dijkstra

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