SPUG: Looking for a graceful way to deal with file handles and modules

[Jim Flanagan]

On 28 Sep 1999, Ken McGlothlen wrote:

      > Y'know, I really need to take a closer look at the
      > available modules.  :)
      > 
      > ("Ach, *you* have it *easy*.  Why in *my* day, we had to
      > make variable references by counting the offset to the
      > data on paper tape!")

  I've globbed enough filehandles in my day.... :) Why, I remember joins and
  splits on $; to emulate multidimensional arrays. Plegh!

-- 
Jim Flanagan        Collective Technologies
jimfl at colltech.com  http://www.colltech.com


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