"Greg Sabino Mullane" <greg@turnstep.com> writes:
> Using $a and $b for temporary vars are bad form for our example,
> as they have special meaning in Perl.

Please, tell me that isn't so. $a is a reserved name now? What was
Larry thinking?

regards, tom lane

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