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Re^2: Quoting hash keys

by eyepopslikeamosquito (Archbishop)
on Nov 09, 2021 at 09:52 UTC ( [id://11138602]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Quoting hash keys
in thread Quoting hash keys

Perl has to use heuristics that are also based on things not near the piece of code being parsed (spooky action at a distance)...

Thankyou for the apt analogy haukex. As a physics nut, you just made my day. :)

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Re^3: Quoting hash keys
by haukex (Archbishop) on Nov 09, 2021 at 11:23 UTC

    Glad to hear it :-) Though I'm not the first to use that phrase in reference to Perl (nor am I claiming that link is the first usage, it's just the earliest I found with a quick search).

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