Re: RPGV?

[Hans Boldt <hans@xxxxxxxxxx>]

M. Lazarus wrote:
> Simon,
>
>  Although not something that I use a lot, probably the most useful
> opcode that does not have a full equivalent is the SCAN opcode, with a
> numeric array as the result field.  I don't understand why that one got
> short-changed during the implementation of the %Scan() BIF.

I can only think of one other programming language where a built-in
function may return either a scalar or a list. That is just one of many
features that makes Perl such a nasty language to use.

Cheers! Hans