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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!destroyer!gumby!wupost!usc!news!netlabs!lwall
  2. From: lwall@netlabs.com (Larry Wall)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
  4. Subject: Re: help!
  5. Message-ID: <1992Sep3.183031.12545@netlabs.com>
  6. Date: 3 Sep 92 18:30:31 GMT
  7. References: <6087@transfer.stratus.com> <ASHERMAN.92Sep2112319@laser.fmrco.com>
  8. Sender: news@netlabs.com
  9. Organization: NetLabs, Inc.
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  12.  
  13. In article <ASHERMAN.92Sep2112319@laser.fmrco.com> asherman@fmrco.COM writes:
  14. : ${$a} is not valid in perl (or at least, it does something that you
  15. : are not expecting). 
  16.  
  17. Though, oddly enough, his example probably WILL work in Perl 5.  I take
  18. that as confirmation I'm headed the right direction...
  19.  
  20. Larry
  21.