Re: Whimsical Question

From: tom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Tom Phoenix)
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 11:35:06 -0800

On 3/29/06, Ryan Frantz <ryanfrantz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

_Is_ there a name for '$_' ?

In class, I pronounce it "dollar-underscore". But that's short for
"dollar-underscore-perl's-favorite-default". :-)

--Tom Phoenix
Stonehenge Perl Training
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