Consider 'chomp', which to a first approximation removes trailing whitespace from a variable. If you don't pass it any variables, it modifies the $_ variable. B

Consider 'chomp', which to a first approximation removes trailing whitespace from a variable. If you don't pass it any variables, it modifies the $_ variable. Better hope you know what's in there. Furthermore, it's behavior depends on what $/ is set to; if you set $/ to something else, it will do something different. Run 'perldoc perlvar' for more examples. Lack of special syntax for partial application can be confusing for a lot of beginners; it certainly is very confusing if you're implementing, say, the continuation monad. But I think a lot of people overestimate the extent to which partial application appears in normal code: usually you fill up all the arguments except the last one, which is shuttled in via =<< or something similar. You don't have to think too hard about it, because the typechecker will make sure you've put all the functions together properly.