The short answer is no, they're not the same. 

Someone asked this exact question about a month ago, and there were some very good answer answers, but it's hard for me to find the thread. I can't find a search engine that'll let me search for keywords like "$" and ".". Anybody remember which thread this was?

Tom / amindfv


On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 1:39 PM, <haxl@nym.hush.com> wrote:
Doesn't . and $ do the same thing?  I always get confused about
that, like when would I use one over the other.


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