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<node id="78589" title="(tye)Re: (Golf) Multiply polynomials" created="2001-05-07 18:09:28" updated="2005-07-19 14:08:39">
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tye</author>
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&lt;p&gt;
Simple improvement:
&lt;code&gt;my($a,$b)=(shift,shift);
my$a=shift;my$b=shift; # a bit shorter
my$a=pop;my$b=pop; # even shorter since multiplaction is commutative
&lt;/code&gt;
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