No, one can always stack nouns in English, just like German :)

But he's assuming you meant "Perl back(wards) compatibility".

d


On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 02:55:41 +0900, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> In message "Re: What is BER compression? (was RCR: unpack/pack Bignum)"
>     on 03/06/02, wbh <W.B.Hill / uea.ac.uk> writes:
> 
>> On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
>> 
>>>  Ask Perl people, it's there only for Perl pack compatibility.
>> 
>> s/pack/back/
> 
> Did I have to say "compatibility with Perl pack function"?
> 
> 							matz.
> 
> 

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