Larry Wall Quotes
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I don't like your I-can-use-anything-as-an-adjective attitude.
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Boss: You forgot to assign the result of your map!Hacker: Dang, I'm always forgetting my assignations...Boss: And what's that 'goto' doing there?!?Hacker: Er, I guess my finger slipped when I was typing 'getservbyport'...Boss: Ah well, accidents will happen. Maybe we should have picked APL.
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What is the sound of Perl? Is it not the sound of a wall that people have stopped banging their heads against?
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Does the same as the system call of that name. If you don't know what it does, don't worry about it.
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If I don't document something, it's usually either for a good reason, or a bad reason. In this case it's a good reason.
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Just don't make the '9' format pack/unpack numbers...
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There is, however, a strange, musty smell in the air that reminds me of something...hmm...yes...I've got it...there's a VMS nearby, or I'm a Blit.
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Think of prototypes as a funny markup language-the interpretation is left up to the rendering engine.
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You can prove anything by mentioning another computer language.
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I think $[ is more like a coelacanth than a mastadon.
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If you want your program to be readable, consider supplying the argument.
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Let's say the docs present a simplified view of reality...
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: What do people think?What, do people think?
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On the plus side, it's a lot easier in general to find /usr/include than cpp.
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If someone stinks, view it as a reason to help them, not a reason to avoid them.
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You want it in one line? Does it have to fit in 80 columns?
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: No comment, since this is still hovering (see Larry's reply).Flutter, flutter.
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[End of diatribe. We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming...]
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There's often more than one correct thing.There's often more than one right thing.There's often more than one obvious thing.
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Oh, get ahold of yourself. Nobody's proposing that we parse English.
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Just don't compare it with a real language, or you'll be unhappy...
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Er, Tom, I hate to be the one to point this out, but your fix list is starting to resemble a feature list. You must be human or something.
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Randal can write one-liners again. Everyone is happy, and peace spreads over the whole Earth.
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I've always maintained a cordial dislike for indent, because it's usuallyright.