Yes, I could find out, but then that would be assuming that all perl interpreters would behave the same for all os'es, compile options, etc. I try to never assume something in the use of a language, because if it is not specified, then any behavior is acceptable, and per spec. Any programmer that uses undefined behavior assuming it will be consistent, is just wanting bugs. Lisp applicative v. normal orders are an example that come to mind of differing evalution methods, each with their benefits and costs. This is why I was asking if perl the language spec'd list element evaluation order...

Since I was toying around, and since this was lisp-ish, and since eval order would play a huge role in reducing the problem to a tight-lispish-perlish sub, not withstanding the far better solutions via perl's other functions, I was curious if perl did spec eval order, or not...

The question still stands, is there a language spec regarding evaluation order of list elements.

In reply to Re^6: finding number of contiguous letters by otto
in thread finding number of contiguous letters by Marknel

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