> -Original Message-
> From: perl-win32-users-boun...@listserv.activestate.com [mailto:perl-
> win32-users-boun...@listserv.activestate.com] On Behalf Of David
> Jelinek
> Sent: 19 August 2011 21:35
> To: perl-win32-users@listserv.ActiveState.com
> Subject: Re: List v
t; To: perl-win32-users@listserv.ActiveState.com
> Subject: Re: List vs. Array
>
> On 08/19/2011 04:24 PM, Barry Brevik wrote:
> > Since list traffic seems to be overly light, I'll post this
> slightly
> > off-topic query.
> >
> > All of my Perl books seem to use the word "
On 08/19/2011 04:24 PM, Barry Brevik wrote:
> Since list traffic seems to be overly light, I'll post this slightly
> off-topic query.
>
> All of my Perl books seem to use the word "list" and "array"
> interchangeably. Is there a difference between a list and an array?
> (believe it or not, I'm no
It's my impression (Danger Will Robinson!) that an array has a name while a
list doesn't. That is, for:
my @ary = (1, 2, 3);
"@ary" is an array, while "(1, 2, 3)" is a list, the contents of which are the
three integers, one, two, and three.
This probably isn't quite kosher--there's probably mo
