C programmers

• The other tipoff was code like this:

        while ($array_ref = shift (@md5_LoL))
        {
            push @fc_LoL, compare_by_fc (@$array_ref);
        }

• Why modify @md5_LoL?

  • It's just one more state change the maintenance programmer has to worry about

  • But it makes sense...

    • If it was written by someone uncomfortable with garbage collection

• Perhaps:

        foreach my $array_ref (@md5_LoL) 
        {
            push @fc_LoL, compare_by_fc (@$array_ref);
        }

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