----- Original Message -----
From: Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, July 7, 2004 11:25 pm
Subject: Re: push with lazy lists
> On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 09:32:07PM -0500, Dan
Hursh wrote:
> : how 'bout
> :
> : @x = gather{
> : loop{
> : take time
> : }
> : } # can this be @x = gather { take time loop }
> : push @x, "later";
> : say pop @x; # "later"
>
> Can probably be made to work right.
>
> : say pop @x; # heat death?
>
> Yes.
>
> : say @x[rand]; # how about now?
>
> Well, that's always going to ask for @x[0], which
isn't a problem.
> However, if you say rand(@x), it has to calculate
the number of
> elements in @x, which could take a little while...
Why would the second pop be a heat death, and why
would rand always return 0?
- Joe
