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From: rbj@uunet.uu.net (Root Boy Jim)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: default associative array sort function
Message-ID: <1991May16.010710.21615@uunet.uu.net>
Date: 16 May 91 01:07:10 GMT
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tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) writes:

?I have in the past suggested that sort functions be allowed to be
?anonymous functions declared in-line, like this:
?
?    @x = sort { $b <=> $a; } @y;
?
?Larry has expressed reticence to this idea in the past for several reasons:
?difficulty of implementation, possible obscurity for long sort functions,
?and finally because he thinks it ok to make people name their abstractions.

I can see him now: "Nah, too much like LISP" :-)

?Someday if you'd like, I'll show you my routines ...

I show you mine if you show me yours :-)
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