Five programs didn't use $. , of which the shortest is this one from Ton Hospel in equal third place:
-ln ($a=aeiouy)=~s!!--&~y-!g;eval"\$|$a--c&&print" 50 ton It's another meta-program. The line counting is done by $|-- , although even that isn't obvious until you've worked out what $a is above. -- Stephen Turner, Cambridge, UK http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adelie/stephen/ "This is Henman's 8th Wimbledon, and he's only lost 7 matches." BBC, 2/Jul/01
