From: matz@... (Yukihiro Matsumoto)
Date: 2002-08-11T00:48:00+09:00
Subject: Re: The problem with using $1 in regexps

Hi,

In message "Re: The problem with using $1 in regexps"
    on 02/08/10, michael libby <x@ichimunki.com> writes:

|Perl's (and Ruby's) $digits are globals. Good programmers avoid globals (or 
|at least that's what they tell me <grin>).

Ruby's $digits are *not* globals, despite of their appearance.  They
are (and $~ too) local to the current scope.  Good programmers avoid
using $digits probably because they are ugly.

							matz.