Re: lambda - a shortcut for sub {...}

--- Eric Wilhelm <scratchcomputing@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> And why do we have an 'eq' operator instead of 'equals' ?
> 
> IMO, shortcuts for typing long things will lead us to Eclipse.

  lambda - a shortcut for sub {...}  

  my $code = &#955; {...}; # instead of sub {...}

;)

Cheers,
Ovid

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