Mr. Shawn H. Corey wrote: > On Mon, 2008-10-06 at 09:02 -0700, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: >> >> As in, my answer started with a joke. Hence the smiley. But I did have a >> puzzling question about this recurring need for "all combinations" and >> always stated rather abstractly, without the real-world need backing it up. > > You mean after repeated reminding posters to simplify their data (and > their code too) and not post real-world data so they won't get in > trouble with their boss, you wonder why so many questions look made up? > Mayhaps because they are.
I always hope that people 'make up' problems that represent and simplify a real-world situation, which was Randal's point. If people feel bound to invent a totally irrelevant problem just to satisfy the posting conditions then we are not doing our job properly. Rob -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
