Re: newbie syntax question -> and =>

On 2006-10-02, David Squire <David.Squire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Keith Keller wrote:
On 2006-10-02, usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In the example you gave, "=>" is really like a comma in an array
definition (it's called a 'fat comma').

I've never heard that term, 'fat comma'. Does anybody know its origin?
A quick google search didn't turn up much, nor did perldoc perlop.

It's in Damian Conway's "Perl Best Practices", for one.

But it certainly predates that. Unfortunately, that's about as helpful
as I can be at the moment. :-/

dha

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