title: Why did PERL creators use % to represent Hash Data Structure instead of using the #(hash ) sign?
body: <p>why did the perl creators use <code>%</code> instead of <code>#</code>?</p>
  
  <p><em>Right:</em> =>    %data = ('John Paul', 45, 'Lisa', 30, 'Kumar', 40);</p>
  
  <p><em>Wrong:</em> =>   #data = ('John Paul', 45, 'Lisa', 30, 'Kumar', 40);  (**This could have been a lot simpler to understand  because the # sign is also called HASH  **)</p>