Perl 6.x , please offer PREPEND as well as APPEND


Dear Damian, Larry, et al:

The asymetric PREPEND and APPEND should be addressed in 6.x:

# append a string, very nice
$song .= ' Her Majesty The Queen';

# prepend a string - YUK, ugly, [1]
$song = ' Her Majesty The Queen ' . $song;

# new and improved prepend a string - YAY, posh
$song =. 'Her Majesty The Queen ';
# or to be consistent with other $a x= $b syntax, perhaps something
like...
$song |= 'Her Majesty The Queen ';


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If you offer tea you should serve crumpets as well!

Thank-You for your kind attention,

Mr P

[1] - every mathmatician or logician has to flinch everytime they
encounter this syntax. As programmers we understand what it's up to of
course, but in general terms:

a = b + a

is ONLY true for b=0, (or b='' in the case of a string) which in our
case is NOT true.

.

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