in reply to Re: Newbie: parentheses, map, etc.
in thread Newbie: parentheses, map, etc.

That's certainly a matter of opinion. $_ is the default for many builtins, and I, at least, feel free to take advantage of that for convenience, brevity, and readability.

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Re^3: Newbie: parentheses, map, etc.
by parv (Parson) on Mar 04, 2008 at 12:05 UTC
    No arguments here. If -s < $number worked as is, I would not have replied.