Perl's lack of 'in' keyword

[Paul LeoNerd Evans]

On Thu, 9 Oct 2008 00:49:15 +0100
Paul LeoNerd Evans <leonerd at leonerd.org.uk> wrote:

>   my $foo = $a + $b;
> 
> I suppose you'd suggest this can be written
> 
>   my scalar foo is scalar a add scalar b end statement

I suppose this is a little unfair, since my brain is sortof wired to
understand perl and English. Perhaps a better comparison may be

  my $foo = $a + $b[5];

and

  add scalar a to the fifth element of array b and assign to new scalar
    foo



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