in reply to NEWBIE Brain Teaser #2, by nysus


You could also have added the following questions, which discuss subroutines and scoping as well:
4) What happens if you move line 7 to line 12? 5) After question 4, what happens when you do the following (in order) + to line 12? why? a) Remove the parentheses b) Remove the semi-colon c) Precede line 12 with an ampersand (&)
jynx

PS please forgive my poor question asking ability...