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Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 06:09:27 -0400
From: "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy@druid.net>
To: John Bokma <john@castleamber.com>
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On Tue, 24 May 2011 00:17:55 -0500
John Bokma <john@castleamber.com> wrote:
> > $d = @a;
> 
> That will give you the number of elements in @a. What you (probably)
> mean is %hash = @array;

If I was even considering using Perl, this one exchange would send me
screaming in the opposite direction.

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