Re^3: Perl 6 mini-essay: eqv, ===, =:=, etc.

In perl 5, these were called "thingies". Until the 3rd edition of the Camel, where they became the pedestrian "referents".

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Re^4: Perl 6 mini-essay: eqv, ===, =:=, etc. by Anonymous Monk on May 06, 2008 at 19:40 UTC
Ah. Right. I like "referent". A similar term is "object", but that word most often means an object in the OO sense. "Referent" works well for the generic case. "Object", for the specific (OO) case. The Camel says a "symbol" is a name in a symbol table.	[reply]