in reply to Underscore in scalar name not in main package

> I am researching why people run into problems with Perl and give up.

You should probably start a new thread for this.

My number one guess of frustration would be (de)referencing rules with sigils.

(The deeper reason is the transition from Perl4 to 5 and trying to piggy back new features while retaining almost full compatibility)

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
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