One line description of data model for Perl - (Arkadiy) - (33) - Nov. 22, 2004, 10:27:40 AM EST
         Yep, you got it right. - (admin) - (1) - Nov. 22, 2004, 10:35:05 AM EST
             You're not helping - (Arkadiy) - Nov. 22, 2004, 10:37:48 AM EST
         Perl: Everything is... - (ChrisR) - Nov. 22, 2004, 10:45:04 AM EST
         Over simplifying - (broomberg) - (1) - Nov. 22, 2004, 10:48:39 AM EST
             linquistic versus data personalities - (tablizer) - Nov. 22, 2004, 08:57:08 PM EST
         To pick up from what Barry said. - (static) - (4) - Nov. 22, 2004, 08:05:46 PM EST
             No, everything is whatever Barry needs it to be - (Arkadiy) - (3) - Nov. 22, 2004, 11:17:13 PM EST
                 The logic - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Dec. 4, 2004, 05:16:08 AM EST
                     Keys... - (Simon_Jester) - (1) - Dec. 4, 2004, 12:06:16 PM EST
                         Tie is NOT a module (and it sucks) - (ben_tilly) - Dec. 4, 2004, 04:54:08 PM EST
         Well, Lisp - everything is a list or an atom... - (Simon_Jester) - (18) - Nov. 22, 2004, 10:40:00 PM EST
             Atonm, list, hash... - (Arkadiy) - (17) - Nov. 22, 2004, 11:14:04 PM EST
                 References are essentially pointers - (broomberg) - (7) - Nov. 22, 2004, 11:30:35 PM EST
                     I am not trying to build anything in particular just now - (Arkadiy) - (6) - Nov. 23, 2004, 07:16:43 AM EST
                         some answers - (cforde) - (5) - Nov. 24, 2004, 01:32:29 AM EST
                             OK, another arbitrary distinction to remember - (Arkadiy) - (4) - Nov. 24, 2004, 10:01:21 AM EST
                                 It's easy enough to test... - (Simon_Jester) - (2) - Nov. 24, 2004, 11:11:23 AM EST
                                     Yes it is easy to test. - (Arkadiy) - (1) - Nov. 24, 2004, 12:31:51 PM EST
                                         Testing has some disadvantages.... - (Simon_Jester) - Nov. 24, 2004, 04:56:19 PM EST
                                 It isn't arbitrary - (ben_tilly) - Dec. 4, 2004, 05:37:15 AM EST
                 References: pointers in languages that don't have pointers -NT - (FuManChu) - Nov. 23, 2004, 12:44:27 AM EST
                 okay...look at it this way.... - (Simon_Jester) - Nov. 23, 2004, 11:01:34 AM EST
                 PERL DOES NOT STORE LISTS!!! - (ben_tilly) - (6) - Dec. 4, 2004, 05:23:10 AM EST
                     OK, in that case, what is (a,b,c) ? - (Arkadiy) - (5) - Dec. 5, 2004, 04:04:07 PM EST
                         In which context? - (ben_tilly) - (4) - Dec. 5, 2004, 04:21:12 PM EST
                             In the context of grammar and syntax - (Arkadiy) - (3) - Dec. 5, 2004, 05:14:47 PM EST
                                 Simple answer: there is no syntactic difference - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Dec. 5, 2004, 11:06:00 PM EST
                                     OK, I think I get it. - (Arkadiy) - (1) - Dec. 6, 2004, 09:35:02 AM EST
                                         Yup, sounds like you've got it - (ben_tilly) - Dec. 6, 2004, 11:49:06 AM EST
         lets try another viewpoint - (daemon) - Nov. 25, 2004, 12:37:20 AM EST
         Sorry for not responding in this thread earlier - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Dec. 4, 2004, 05:08:26 AM EST
             No worries. - (Arkadiy) - (1) - Dec. 4, 2004, 11:52:30 AM EST
                 :-) -NT - (ben_tilly) - Dec. 4, 2004, 04:55:28 PM EST