Yeah, call_user_func('strlen', 'hello world') works but call_user_func('array', 'hello world') does not. But for ugly syntax, it's hard to beat the $ sigil bein

Yeah, call_user_func('strlen', 'hello world') works but call_user_func('array', 'hello world') does not. But for ugly syntax, it's hard to beat the $ sigil being required everywhere for no reason at all (unlike Perl where it actually did something).