in reply to Can / Do BEGIN blocks return their evaluated content?

You may wish to explain _why_ you want it to work. If you're just interested in the time that the program started, use $^T (or $BASETIME, if you're using English).

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Re^2: Can / Do BEGIN blocks return their evaluated content?
by dynamo (Chaplain) on Dec 22, 2007 at 01:51 UTC
    Why? I have no legitimate reason - it just seemed to be a good idea, and a weird programming paradigm if allowed.