RE: pointers - references ??

2005-04-11 Thread Ankur Gupta
> If anyone has the time and / or the will to help me understand. > > I know how to create / use references for perl. But would why would you > use it. > And I think more importantly when. > > Im busy reading / learning the Oreilly Advanced Perl Programming book. > But for the likes of me I cant

Re: pointers - references ??

2005-04-11 Thread John Doe
Am Montag, 11. April 2005 10.20 schrieb Brent Clark: > Hi all Hi Brent Here's my way to explain it from an "abstract" perspective more or less "outside" of the world of perl: [...] > I know how to create / use references for perl. But would why would you > use it. > And I think more importantly

Re: pointers - references ??

2005-04-11 Thread Jonathan Paton
> I know how to create / use references for perl. But would why would you > use it. Perl uses references for multidimensional/complex datastructures. Also used when doing OO in perl. > And I think more importantly when. Whenever appropriate. :) I probably make the greatest use of references w

Re: pointers - references ??

2005-04-11 Thread Jay Savage
On Apr 11, 2005 4:20 AM, Brent Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all > > If anyone has the time and / or the will to help me understand. > > I know how to create / use references for perl. But would why would you > use it. > And I think more importantly when. > > Im busy reading / learning