From: Neil Stevens <neil@...>
Date: 2005-12-15T11:22:39+09:00
Subject: Re: regular expressions question

William James wrote:
> Ross, don't pay too much attention to unreasonable fanatics.
> 
> The first edition of the Pickaxe says:
> 
> "Having said all this, we have to 'fess up.  Andy and Dave normally
> use the $-variables rather than worrying about MatchData objects.
> For everyday use, they just end up being more convenient.
> Sometimes we just can't help being pragmatic."

How convenient that you quote that without quoting the drawbacks listed
first...

Sheesh, if you want perl, use perl.

-- 
Neil Stevens - neil@hakubi.us

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