in reply to Re^5: execute a string as a function
in thread execute a string as a function

Not sure why anyone would want to move beyond Perl 4.

Oh, never mind, even I have moved beyond Perl 4: 

C:\Steve\Dev\PerlMonks>perl -v

This is perl, v5.8.9 built for MSWin32-x64-multi-thread
(with 12 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)

[download]

Apparently I need sleep. Or coffee. Still.

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