Vorm — Sun, 10 Sep 2000 17:51:04 +0000

For example, I stole this from one of Myriad's posts. Is this OOP PERL?

if(!param('inputbox1') || !param('inputbox2'))
{ url="http://yourscriptnamehere.pl";
print "Location: $url\nURI: $url\n\n";
exit();
}

richjb — Thu, 07 Sep 2000 12:55:18 +0000

Oh, ok, thanks.

Richard
richjb::429

OOPs!

Suzanne — Thu, 07 Sep 2000 05:48:31 +0000

Object Oriented Programming

One of Perl's most amazing bits (to me) is that it is OPTIONALLY OOP! So if you don't need the power of OOP (like for quick little scripts, you don't have to use the resource heavy methods. But if you NEED the power of OOP, you have it there, available.

It's also what makes the fantastic modules work so well, so you can write those quick little scripts and not rewrite the same wheel endlessly.

Whee!

Suzanne

richjb — Wed, 06 Sep 2000 14:01:41 +0000

I probably already know what it is, but just not as what it is referred to here: what is OOP?

Richard
richjb::426

Orpheus — Wed, 06 Sep 2000 13:11:15 +0000

=> for hashes, -> for OOP. And we all love OOP, even if I it was probably the hardest thing to learn about Perl.

richjb — Wed, 06 Sep 2000 13:08:20 +0000

There is a reason to use =>: it is visually easier to read. All => is is a comma, plus it should allow the key to be unqouted.

Example, which is easier to read?

%this = (one => "1",
         two => "2");

%this = ("one", "1",
         "two", "2");

Richard
richjb::424

Vorm — Wed, 30 Aug 2000 03:31:57 +0000

Uh, I know what hashes are, I've just never used those in my hashes. What's their purpose? Anything?

The many flavours of Perl

Suzanne — Wed, 30 Aug 2000 03:08:38 +0000

=> is for hashes (multi-dimensional lists), a part of Perl.

What I love most about Perl is that it works for basic stuff, flat text files, database integration and is also OPTIONALLY OOP!

I love Perl.

I wish I had time to learn it properly instead of hacking away at it.

*sigh*

Suzanne