On Feb 02, 2002 at 00:50:47 -0500, Uri Guttman wrote: > > this is why i have supported playing perl golf. it is not good coding > style (but we love it!), but it does encourage, nay demand you learn > more about perl and its myriad nooks and crannies. that is valuable even > when you code in production style. so when anyone asks why you golf, say > you are in a fun educational computer class. :)
I concur! I've only been coding perl for a few years now, but the few days I spent whacking on even.pl were a real eye-opener. I didn't know exactly how tr/// worked, but I always knew it was there. The tournament pushed me to finally reading up on it and discovering the y///c trick for counting. Along with that came the intro to: eval; finally understanding the difference between '&&', 'and' and just plain '&'; and what s///e and s///ee really does. Needless to say, I'll be golfing again. :) --rick
