[Memphis.pm] what's new in perl 5.6

[Brock Sides]

On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, Phil Groce wrote:

> At 02:57 PM 4/19/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >Subroutines as lvalues?!?!
> 
> I just wonder when they'll schedule whatever it is Surathy is smoking....
> 
> Yes, threads are still beta, but I can now say "func($foo) = 'phil'". Be 
> still my heart.
> 
> What, exactly, is gained by this? Anyone out there care to clue me in?

Requested by the obfuscated perl contest sponsors, perhaps?
 
> Glad they fixed the version number, though. And Unicode is cool. :)

Lexical warnings are my favorite new feature.

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Brock Sides
Unix Systems Administration
Towery Publishing
bsides at towery.com

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