--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> En op 12 juli 2002 sprak FatPhil:
> > print"@{[$w=1,map$w*=$_/--$n,-pop..-2]}\n")
> > Please - noone feed me any more information - it might trip
> > the balance the other way again! :-|
> >
> > Truly not of this earth...
>
> Though Ton is not of this earth, the @{[...]} idiom is.
I was thinking explicitly of Ton's footnote about his initial "1"
being in fact a repeat of his final "1", and not the initial value
given to $w. You've really got to know what refers to what to utilise
such trickery.
That and the fact I really hate references.
Phil
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