>>>>> "LW" == Larry Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
LW> I propose that reduce become a metaoperator that can be applied to LW> any binary operator and turns it syntactically into a list operator. LW> I am currently thinking that the metaoperator is a prefix spelled \\ LW> (though there are certainly lots of other possibilities that I've laid LW> awake all night thinking about). There are the usual suspects like: LW> $sum = \\+ @array; LW> $fact = \\* 1..$num; shouldn't that be s/fact/prod/ ? sure the input makes it a factorial but the general case would be a product. not that what var names you choose matters but i think it would be clearer if used as a real example in some future docs. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------- http://www.stemsystems.com --Perl Consulting, Stem Development, Systems Architecture, Design and Coding- Search or Offer Perl Jobs ---------------------------- http://jobs.perl.org
