michael g schwern ftnhszcpoboxcom gerard goossen wrote warning changes proposed really change perl syntax would make good impossible perl 5 perl kurila compatible source code perl 5 code could probably converted perl kurila agree dereference syntax sometimes bit cumbersome toying ideas resolve something like perl6context allow arrays hashes contain arrays hashes directly ie without references main difference would probably copying hash would copy hashesarrays instead making reference would change deref syntax would greatly reduce need extend create new one similar arrow operator something like would mean dereference array thus c push foobar 12 would become c push foobar 12 would also possible remove completely¹ looked autoboxcore eliminates dereferencing problem nicely without introducing new syntax adding handy new feature use autobox use autoboxcore hasharray hasharraypush123 print join hasharrayflatten __end__ 123 hating web since 1994 wed 06 aug 2008 141223 0400 kurila 14 released featuring compilation subroutines