in reply to Re^3: I want you to convince me to learn Perl
in thread I want you to convince me to learn Perl

Please do, then - although I ask that you stick to demonstrating examples where context and sigils reduce the possibility of error, as that is what I was questioning.

for(split(" ","tsuJ rehtonA lreP rekcaH")){print reverse . " "}print "\b.\n";

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