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		mtts on July 8, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Is Perl Difficult? He's not. Read the example again. He's pointing to code that: - uses the implicit $_ variable - twice - and modifies what it points to The regex is just for dramatic effect.

snorkel on July 8, 2008 [–]

He didn't point out that directly but I do agree that $_ is overused among perl coders.

kingkongrevenge on July 8, 2008 | [–]

I don't think so. As long as there are no issues of nested scopes you should use $_ plenty.

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