>>>>> "TC" == Tom Christiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
TC> Those weren't the scripts I was thinking about, and it is *NOT*
TC> ipso facto true that something which uses $& or $` is poorly
TC> written.
i wasn't claiming that. a short script using $& would be fine where you
don't care about the copy penalty. but $& has been slammed so often that
i never think about using it even when it would be useful, i just make
explicit grabs. so by that cultural criterium (however off base it is)
scripts using $& are downgraded in my eye. it is just a habit of
thinking that $& anywhere is bad.
uri
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