Re: slashdot/ book review

[Peter Scott]

At 08:49 AM 5/12/00 +0700, Robert wrote:
>The 'Perl Black Book', which is aimed at programmers who want to pick up
>Perl
><http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/04/17/1310207&mode=nested&threshold=0>
>hmmm,,,,,, not a snake cheerleader in sight.
>Book looks to be useful for some people.

         ... witness the following tip from
           P291:

               "The line ++@_[0]; is a cute example of why
               nonprogrammers think Perl is obscure."

Uh-huh...
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Peter Scott
Pacific Systems Design Technologies