On: Is Perl Difficult?

[mtts]

He's not. Read the example again. He's pointing to code that:

- uses the implicit $_ variable

- twice

- and modifies what it points to

The regex is just for dramatic effect.

[snorkel → mtts]

He didn't point out that directly but I do agree that $_ is overused among perl coders.

[kingkongrevenge → snorkel]

I don't think so. As long as there are no issues of nested scopes you should use $_ plenty.