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		jamesbritt on Nov 15, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Perl? Ruby even uses some predefined globals (eg $_) that are pretty much straight out of Perl. They exist, and while I'm a fan of $: over $LOAD_PATH I don't think I've even seen $_ used in the wild.

prophetjohn on Nov 15, 2011 [–]

I don't really have the perspective to comment on how common they are, but they do exist. Ruby is full of little things like this, which one of the things I simultaneously love and hate about Ruby

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