Re: Are Associative Arrays unique to Perl?

Dave Hammen <hammen@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov>
5 Nov 1996 23:35:56 -0500

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From: Dave Hammen <hammen@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.misc,comp.lang.misc,comp.compilers
Date: 5 Nov 1996 23:35:56 -0500
Organization: LinCom Corporation
References: 96-10-145 96-11-030
Keywords: design, comment

Tcl's arrays are by their nature associative rather than
numeric. Everthing in Tcl is interpreted as a string.
$env(HOME) and $x(1) are equally valid Tcl array references
(or invalid, depending on one's perception of Tcl).


Dave Hammen / LinCom Corporation
dhammen@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov
[Well, heck, for that matter, you could say the same about Trac or m4. -John]
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