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That gets us out of deciding how to spell Reg[eE]xp?|RE . . . Of course, then we have to decide what ref $re returns...
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Tcl tends to get ported to weird places like routers.
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Boxed Multiple bouncing balls in a box are a metaphor for community. Notice how the escaping balls explode. This is what happens to people who move from Perl to Ruby.
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If I allowed 'next $label' then I'd also have to allow 'goto $label', and I don't think you really want that...
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The Golden Gate wasn't our fault either, but we still put a bridge across it.
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I wasn't recommending that we make the links for them, only provide them with the tools to do so if they want to take the gamble (or the gambol).
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Perhaps they will have to outlaw sending random lists of words. fee fie foe foo
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Hey, I had to let awk be better at *something*...
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It may be possible to get this condition from within Perl if a signal handler runs at just the wrong moment. Another point for Chip...
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If you want to program in C, program in C. It's a nice language. I use it occasionally...
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It should be illegal to yell 'Y2K' in a crowded economy.
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Perl has a long tradition of working around compilers.
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That is a known bug in 5.00550. Either an upgrade or a downgrade will fix it.
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Personally, I like to defiantly split my infinitives.
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> (It's sorta like sed, but not. It's sorta like awk, but not. etc.)Guilty as charged. Perl is happily ugly, and happily derivative.
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Let us be charitable, and call it a misleading feature
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You want it in one line? Does it have to fit in 80 columns?
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: Why Bible quotes exclusively? What happened to the Eastern religions?<BR>I'm still working on the Unicode mods.
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And I don't like doing silly things (except on purpose).
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So please don't think I have a 'down' on the MVS people. I'm just pulling off their arms to beat other people over the head with.
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Down that path lies madness. On the other hand, the road to hell is paved with melting snowballs.
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Anyway, there's plenty of room for doubt. It might seem easy enough, but computer language design is just like a stroll in the park.Jurassic Park, that is.
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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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The only disadvantage I see is that it would force everyone to get Perl. Horrors.
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