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Re^4: The purpose of prototypes in perl subroutinesby Joost (Canon) |
| on Apr 13, 2005 at 15:45 UTC ( [id://447469]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
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But if you accept that terminology, all subroutine declarations are prototyping, and in a sense they are, but since perl's prototyping is rather different from other language's, I think that would only confuse people even more.
FWIW, I think that the whole term is an unfortunate choice in perl.
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