Perl lets you use alphanumerics as string delimiters use strict; use warnings; print q america; # prints "meric"
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@qntm (in other words, letters might not be the best idea, but there was no reason to specifically exclude them)
foo.@hobbified I think "not be the best idea" is both a huge understatement and a perfectly good reason. This syntax is absurd/useless
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@qntm it's actually one of the most useful features in the real world :) -
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@hobbified I will grant you that alphanumeric string delimiters are super useful for code obfuscation http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=290607 - 1 more reply
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