[VPM] perl 5 and hyper operators on lists

[Jer A]

hi all,

I am new to hyper operators....I have been studying them in a perl 6 book.

Does using hyper operators,offer better performance, in manipulating lists, 
than using loops?
Can I forget about loops altogether?....how complex can I make a hyper 
statment?

Can Hyper operators be implemented in perl 5?..and will this still offer 
better performance than loops?
what other operators can I use to make my programs loopless, and offer 
better performance?

I am not as concerned about readability of code, just doing things 
efficiently the perl way.

Thanks in advance for your input.

-Jeremy A.

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