If JavaFan said that lists don't even exist, that I don't agree with him. I suspect that's not what he meant, though.
What I said is that Perl doesn't know about lists. A list is not a Perl datastructure. Lists don't have names. Once the program is compiled, "lists" are just a bunch of scalars on the stack. In the same way that Perl doesn't really know about string literals. Once the program is compiled, a string literal is a value. Note also that I made the remark in response to a request for clearification about the difference arrays and lists. Arrays are first class objects. They (can) have names. They have their own datastructure. They can be referenced. Lists have none of that; they aren't even second class objects.

That of course doesn't mean that humans can't talk about lists. Just as humans can talk about object attributes - Perl wouldn't know what an object attribute is.

In reply to Re^12: If you believe in Lists in Scalar Context, Clap your Hands by JavaFan
in thread If you believe in Lists in Scalar Context, Clap your Hands by gone2015

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