tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145332831106508186.post538448830968372307..comments2023-03-19T09:06:24.378-04:00Comments on /var/log/rant: Why I Hate RubyDave Jacobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15052163927020492687noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145332831106508186.post-51924185353224033372012-03-11T01:30:54.765-05:002012-03-11T01:30:54.765-05:00The specific case might be wrong, and for that I a...The specific case might be wrong, and for that I am sorry, but you know that most of the cooler uses of $_ involve the string "$_" rarely occurring in the code, which brings experienced Perl programmers much joy, but gives inexperienced Perl programmers much frustration, because they can't see what's going on.<br /><br />There's cool stuff going on with Ruby, to be sure, but right now, I can't see how it does what it does, and that has been frustrating for me.Dave Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15052163927020492687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-145332831106508186.post-68031552497525903372012-03-10T04:16:03.501-05:002012-03-10T04:16:03.501-05:00I might be misunderstanding something here but in ...I might be misunderstanding something here but in the general case calling my_subroutine() without assigning to any variable will <b>NOT</b> assign the return value to <b>$_</b>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com