Bizarre tie Tricks: no underscore

• Theory: People find implicit use of $_ confusing

• Sometimes, it's a genuine error, as with

        $z = s/x/y/g;                # Should be =~

• So let's forbid it.

        no underscore;             # Forbids use of $_

        $z = s/x/y/g;              # Forbidden
        print HANDLE;              # Forbidden
        chop;                      # Forbidden
        -x;                        # Forbidden

• This was invented by Tom Christiansen

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