[PLUG] Re: Perl

[Randal L. Schwartz]

>>>>> "Wil" == Wil Cooley <wcooley at nakedape.cc> writes:

Wil> That's not what I'd expect, though--I'd expect a literal string to be
Wil> treated as if all regex metacharacters were escaped (which was, in fact,
Wil> part of my motivation for using a string instead of a pattern to begin
Wil> with).

Yes.  Perl *is* intuitive, but you have to think like Larry thinks. :)
I've spent 18 years describing "how Larry thinks" to people, and I still
get surprised occasionally.

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