Re^24: Why? (each...)

Actually, at a certain level of granularity, your car does indicate a road.

Really? Which road does it indicate? I bet you want to answer "the one it's driving on", but it's neither driving nor on a road. So again, which road does it indicate?

He is simply suggesting to novice users to memorize the (LIST) idiom when initializing a hash or array and forget about understanding why for now.

As he said, that is what he tried to suggest. "Use (LIST) to initialise a hash or array" is vastly different than "Parens indicate a list."

The former is explains one method of initialising a hash. The latter is incorrect and doesn't even help in the specific situation it's suppose to help.

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Re^25: Why? (each...) by jffry (Hermit) on May 19, 2011 at 15:02 UTC
Which road does it indicate? No particular road, just the presence of roads in general. My reasoning is sound enough on this point, so I won't engage further. After all, this is Perl Monks, not Phenomenology Monks. "Use (LIST) to initialise a hash or array" is vastly different than "Parens indicate a list." I'd say "different", but without the adjective "vastly". But again, I won't engage further. I've had my say. I see your point. I acknowledge it's correctness. And I am grateful for your effort, and most especially, my new insight.	[reply]

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Re^25: Why? (each...)
by jffry (Hermit) on May 19, 2011 at 15:02 UTC

Which road does it indicate?

No particular road, just the presence of roads in general. My reasoning is sound enough on this point, so I won't engage further. After all, this is Perl Monks, not Phenomenology Monks.

"Use (LIST) to initialise a hash or array" is vastly different than "Parens indicate a list."

I'd say "different", but without the adjective "vastly". But again, I won't engage further. I've had my say.

I see your point. I acknowledge it's correctness. And I am grateful for your effort, and most especially, my new insight.

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