En op 08 juni 2002 sprak `/anick: > This use of tr was, if you can believe it, actually > a deliberate decision of me. > > You see that stupid perl see the '-y' in '3-y///c' as a > file operator, so I had the choice between '3- y///c' or, > to optimise my tiebreaker, '3-tr///'.
I did the same thing. (3-length) has the same tiebreaker as (3-tr)))c) but I chose the latter because I thought it looked weirder. > Joy, > `/anick, who beat /-\ndrew by a gnat's eyelash. YEAH! NO! Oh, the unspeakable pain and anguish, and in the last hour too! `/anick, you dirty rotten bastard ... I mean congratulations Sire `/anick on your magnificent long, slow whittle. When I got 5 ahead, with just 2 hours to go, I thought I had it because you must surely be exhausted from all your recent vigorous dieting. Or so I thought. I admire your stamina, Messire. Oh, to be born in 1974. Oh well, at least I finished a fly's proboscis ahead of Sec. who gave both `/anick and me quite a scare. /-\ndrew
