What I've learned, AnomalousMonk, is that I can't take things for granted, and I now have an intrinsic desire to ensure anything I publish from now on works on the standard platforms.

I plan on testing the Record Separator for my own knowledge, but this was an awakening to so many things that I've been blind to that are supposedly taken for granted by some.

You're always one to point things out to me to which I learn from, so thanks.

This is technically a huge sweeping XY Problem, with me wanting to grasp the parts of Perl that might allow me to understand other parts of Perl :)

In reply to Re^4: How many defaults of $/ does perl have? by stevieb
in thread How many defaults of $/ does perl have? by stevieb

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