It's because Larry Wall wanted something shorter than associative arrays. * http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2007/05/msg27646.html http://www

It's because Larry Wall wanted something shorter than associative arrays. * http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2007/05/msg27646.html http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2007/05/m... * http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2007/06/msg27659.html http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl6.language/2007/06/m...