Re^5: I've been bit in the neck by open()

I assume there's some measure of consistency, though. I guess what I'm really wondering is -where is that line?

Where Larry told it to be. :-) (Plus, consistency is the hobgoblin of foolish minds, or something like that.)

I'm not being facetious - this is just one of those nooks and crannies of Perl5 that you either know or you don't. Perl6 (supposedly) will be more consistent, but Perl5 isn't. *shrugs*

Or, rather, it's very consistent, for some definition of consistent. (Probably not the Webster's definition, though ... remember - it's not messy, it's in a state of creative flux!)

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Re^6: I've been bit in the neck by open() by RazorbladeBidet (Friar) on Feb 16, 2005 at 13:45 UTC
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds Close, but a little different, order of operations is important! :) I would assume that in a programming language that kind of consistency would not be foolish, but then again, two weeks ago I would have said PERL. Ok, but I'll take your word for it - trial by fire! Thanks for the info	[reply]