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On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 6:12 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 11:25 am, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> Probably the biggest thing to take note of is the Python object model
>> - how names and objects and assignment work. It's pretty
>> straight-forward, but if it's not what you're used to, you'll need to
>> get your head around it. Here's a good talk on the subject:
>>
>> http://nedbatchelder.com/text/names1.html
>
>
> Every time I make a half-hearted attempt to learn enough Perl syntax to get
> started, I keep running into the differences between $foo, %foo and @foo
> and dire warnings about what happens if you use the wrong sigil, and then I
> get confused. Is there a good discussion of how names and references work
> in Perl, equivalent to Ned's discussion?

Ooh. Good point. I'd like to see one of those too.

ChrisA