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  • I can't think of any non-perlisms leaking into my Perl, but I find myself typing this all the time in C# :

      public ovid foo() {
        // ...
      }

    :-)

    • Ovid's foo should be private, thank you.

      • I think you misread that. Anyone can ask foo() for an ovid. :-)

        • What does it return in ovid context?

          • What does it return in ovid context?

            It always returns ovid in an ovid context. In a strongly typed language, the compiler will never allow you to call it from a non-ovid context. I suppose you could overload foo() to return a virgil, horace, or even homer in other contexts, but I've never needed to do that.

            • If any dead Greek poet were polymorphic, I would have thought ovid!

              • He was considered a Roman poet, actually. Had Roman citizenship until he died, though he was never permitted to return to Rome after he was relegated (a form of exile).

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