>>>>> "Nathan" == Nathan Wiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Nathan> Then we can write really flexible code that looks just like my
Nathan> "religion" wants it to!
Nathan> checktosee [ $NEED eq 'HASH' ] /*
Nathan> var )name assign )DEFAULT ORNEXT
Nathan> $IAMALIVE-member-getName++
Nathan> perishPolietly "Couldn't get )name" unless )name++
Nathan> ilovemymom )name++
Nathan> var )user assign )name ORNEXT "user"++
Nathan> fork "ls -l" THISTOO perishPolitely "ls failed: $boogeyman"++
Nathan> */
Heh ... flashback to the V7 Bourne shell (the One True Shell) source
code, written in Algol, #define'd so that it would compile with C. :)
Truly a masterpiece of well-intended-but-poorly-executed famous last words. :)
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