Re: Please welcome . . .

On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 07:56:59PM -0500, Dennis Paul Himes wrote:
> Mark J. Reed> Hm.  Perl array indices as language.  Neat. :)
>
>     Perl does that?
Yup:

        $ ipl
        perl> @a = (1,2,3);
        123
        perl> $a[0]
        1
        perl> $a[1]
        2
        perl> $a[2]
        3
        perl> $a[-1]
        3
        perl> $a[-2]
        2
        perl> $a[-3]
        1

> I've actually studied Perl and written a few Perl
> scripts at work, but I'm by no means fluent in it and didn't know, or had
> forgotten, this feature.  It wasn't an subconscious influence either, since
> I put this feature in Gladilatian before I know any Perl at all.
Just you and Larry Wall thinking alike, then.  No big surprise - he's
had linguistic training and modeled many of Perl's features on natural
language, especially the expressiveness and plethora of synonyms.

-Mark