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Post #206,128
by ben_tilly
5/5/05 4:31:40 PM
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New Compare to Ruby 
\n@arr = [];\n@hash_of_array_references = {};\n@hash_of_array_references['foo'] = @arr;\n\n# Now to push a value on the stack\n@hash_of_array_references['foo'].push('bar');\n

Peter has a point. When you start getting into nested references, Perl's syntax gets unnecessarily ugly.

Cheers,
Ben
I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #206,138
by admin
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5/5/05 5:48:27 PM
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New Which is pretty much the same as Python
References in Perl are teh sukc. I want to just put a damn array in a hash. I don't want to have to worry about whether it's a reference or not. And yes, sometimes that makes certain things easier when you make a distinction based on the context, but dammit, most of the time I really don't need that. :-P
Regards,

-scott anderson

"Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
     So what is wrong with your favorite language? - (JayMehaffey) - (22) - April 22, 2005, 09:54:38 AM EDT
         The ones I get to code in? Or the ones I'd actully want to? -NT - (Arkadiy) - (5) - April 22, 2005, 11:02:37 AM EDT
             You pick -NT - (tuberculosis) - (4) - April 22, 2005, 11:17:14 AM EDT
                 Well then, I'd nominate Smalltalk - (Arkadiy) - (3) - April 22, 2005, 11:38:46 AM EDT
                     Side note on Unit Testing - (JimWeirich) - (2) - April 22, 2005, 01:05:21 PM EDT
                         Ditto, but s/Ruby/Python - (admin) - April 22, 2005, 01:14:44 PM EDT
                         I write more in Smalltalk - (tuberculosis) - April 22, 2005, 02:06:18 PM EDT
         I think that context is a horrible idea in Perl - (ben_tilly) - April 22, 2005, 11:18:48 AM EDT
         I suspect many of my opinions are well known - (tuberculosis) - April 22, 2005, 11:32:23 AM EDT
         Way too early for my candidate - (ChrisR) - April 22, 2005, 11:56:11 AM EDT
         Positional, limited variable names and booleans - (imric) - (2) - April 22, 2005, 12:02:59 PM EDT
             Agreed - (SpiceWare) - April 22, 2005, 01:50:42 PM EDT
             OK, explain the cycle to the ignorant masses here (new thread) - (tuberculosis) - April 22, 2005, 02:00:32 PM EDT
         Python... - (admin) - (3) - April 22, 2005, 01:39:05 PM EDT
             Closures are being removed? -NT - (FuManChu) - (2) - April 22, 2005, 04:26:49 PM EDT
                 Lambdas, actually. - (admin) - (1) - April 22, 2005, 04:30:55 PM EDT
                     Yes; that bites. - (FuManChu) - April 22, 2005, 04:30:20 PM EDT
         I can empathise about PHP. - (static) - May 5, 2005, 03:20:23 AM EDT
         Nested hash notation in Perl. - (pwhysall) - (4) - May 5, 2005, 06:58:01 AM EDT
             Naw. - (broomberg) - (3) - May 5, 2005, 07:50:50 AM EDT
                 Ick. -NT - (pwhysall) - May 5, 2005, 08:02:53 AM EDT
                 Compare to Ruby - (ben_tilly) - (1) - May 5, 2005, 04:31:40 PM EDT
                     Which is pretty much the same as Python - (admin) - May 5, 2005, 05:48:27 PM EDT

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