Include the English library file in a Ruby script, and you can reference the global variables such as VAR{$_} using less cryptic names, listed in the following table.% vref{tab:english}.

Without 'English':

$\ = ' -- ' "waterbuffalo" =~ /buff/ print $" , $' , $$ , "

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With English:

require "English" $OUTPUT_FIELD_SEPARATOR = ' -- ' "waterbuffalo" =~ /buff/ print $LOADED_FEATURES , $POSTMATCH , $PID , "

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Below is a full list of descriptive aliases and their associated global variable: