[comp.lang.perl] Default die argument.

sps@mcnc.org (Stephen Schaefer) (03/09/91)

_Programming perl_ says that the default argument string to the die
command is "Died", but my perl appears to use $_.  Will this follow
the book in 4.0?

pepe:sps:192 perl -e 'while(<>) { die; }' < /etc/motd
4.3 BSD UNIX #31: generated Wed Jan 30 13:23:02 EST 1991
pepe:sps:193 perl -v

This is perl, version 3.0

$Header: perly.c,v 3.0.1.10 91/01/11 18:22:48 lwall Locked $
Patch level: 44

Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, Larry Wall

Perl may be copied only under the terms of the GNU General Public License,
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