in reply to Re^5: use fields, underscores and subclasses
in thread use fields, underscores and subclasses

It wasn't the universal base class before OOP because there were no classes before OOP.

As for whether the methods existed before OOP, all but VERSION only make sense in an OOP context.

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Re^7: use fields, underscores and subclasses
by LanX (Saint) on Nov 23, 2008 at 03:16 UTC
    I see ... you are not too tired to look it up!

    just joking! ; )
    --- Rolf