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David Christensen wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
>> My big problem with Perl is "Special Variables".  They are a 
>> big fat maintainability and debugging trap.
> 
> They're powerful tools, providing easy access to things "under 
> the hood"; use with discretion.

Like land mines are also powerful tools.  One false step, and /boom/
goes your program.

> Does Python have equivalents?

Not to my knowledge.  I can't imagine that an interpreter that
enforces indentation would have Special Land Mines.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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