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		efreak on June 25, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Perl 7 is going to be Perl 5.32, mostly $string was in BASIC. I'm sure it's even older, though (the oldest BASIC I've used is GWBASIC).

gmueckl on June 25, 2020 [–]

I thought BASIC had $ at the end, not at the start? It has been a long time since those days, though.

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