Re: Living the Metaphor

--- Jonathan Rockway <jonjrock.us> wrote:

> Well, the difference between COBOL and Perl is that
Perl has all the
> features as any other modern programming language.

*cough*introspection*cough* 

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Ovid

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> > features as any other modern programming
language.
> 
> *cough*introspection*cough* 

You can certainly introspect Perl, if you're willing to
sweet-talk her
enough.

On 20 Jan 2008, at 17:45, Ovid wrote:

> --- Jonathan Rockway <jonjrock.us> wrote:
>
>> Well, the difference between COBOL and Perl is that
Perl has all the
>> features as any other modern programming language.
>
> *cough*introspection*cough* 

And why is it that *I* have to keep track of freeing
structures that  
reference themselves? 

Adrian

On Jan 20, 2008, at 9:57 PM, Adrian Howard wrote:

>
> On 20 Jan 2008, at 17:45, Ovid wrote:
>
>> --- Jonathan Rockway <jonjrock.us> wrote:
>>
>>> Well, the difference between COBOL and Perl is
that Perl has all the
>>> features as any other modern programming
language.
>>
>> *cough*introspection*cough* 
>
> And why is it that *I* have to keep track of freeing
structures that  
> reference themselves? 
>
> Adrian
>
>

You dont. You just have to keep track when you create them
;) i.e.  
weaken.