From: Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@...>
Date: 2007-06-06T12:32:24+09:00
Subject: Re: Question about getc

On 6/5/07, Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@ruby-lang.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In message "Re: Question about getc"
>     on Tue, 5 Jun 2007 19:15:06 +0900, "Sun Park" <geniusleonid@gmail.com> writes:
>
> |If we call gets(), the returned string is copied to a special variable $_
> |Do we have such things for getc(), too?
>
> No, implicit global variables are evil.  I'd rather remove $_ in the
> future.
>
>                                                         matz.

Oooooh, I love it when matz talks like that!
http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/articles/2007/06/05/money-is-the-root-of-all

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