From: David Vallner Date: 2006-10-06T08:46:02+09:00 Subject: Re: 1st program -- how would you improve this? --------------enig2775682B8151561AC39C888D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable gwtmp01@mac.com wrote: > Just because they start with a $ doesn't mean they are global. I belie= ve > $1, $2 and so on are actually per thread local variables. >=20 There's still the readability problem with that. You're communicating information in the program via an implicitly assumed point instead of an explicitly declared one. David Vallner --------------enig2775682B8151561AC39C888D Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (MingW32) iD8DBQFFJZlBy6MhrS8astoRAh9YAJ4u7rBoZLsU2n0KyUWJ+u/zsH8SuQCbBwCm RcuYxfkperaGyuqQFKR4obo= =UseD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig2775682B8151561AC39C888D--