> Not using key, is like having to use Perl
> (or any other programming language) without being allowed
> to use hash tables for lookup purposes.

Poor C, ( and Pascal ) they had no build-in hashtable support.

Well, I'd like to see you do in C (and Pascal) what is
normally done in Perl.

I use Pascal (Delphi) all the time, but its lack of good
string and list handling is often crippling. (That's what
Omnimark is for.)

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