Re: Inline::PERL

[Philip Newton]

Jonathan Peterson wrote:
 Oh, and I think the thing about readdir returning the first 
 entry of an array in scalar context is dumb. That isn't DWIM.
 Returning the number of entries in the directory would be
 about a million times more sensible (especially if it didn't
 count . and .. as entries).

Next you'll be saying that  in scalar context should return the number of
lines in the file.

Cheers,
Phi while($file = readdir BLA) { process($file) } lip
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Re: Inline::PERL

[Marcel Grunauer]

On Sunday, June 3, 2001, at 05:56  AM, David H. Adler wrote:

 On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 09:40:49AM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote:

 Inline::PERL gives you the power of the PERL programming language from

 And what, exactly, is the PERL programming language?

It is the wicked, twisted spectre of Perl that haunts the minds of
script kiddies. In some cultures it is known as CGI; other cultures
have no name for it. Well-informed people normally run when they
encounter it.

A saving throw against mental instability applies.

Marcel

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$ perl -we time
Useless use of time in void context at -e line 1.

Re: Inline::PERL

[Greg McCarroll]

* Marcel Grunauer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
 On Sunday, June 3, 2001, at 05:56  AM, David H. Adler wrote:
 
  On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 09:40:49AM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote:
 
  Inline::PERL gives you the power of the PERL programming language from
 
  And what, exactly, is the PERL programming language?
 
 It is the wicked, twisted spectre of Perl that haunts the minds of
 script kiddies. In some cultures it is known as CGI; other cultures
 have no name for it. Well-informed people normally run when they
 encounter it.
 
 A saving throw against mental instability applies.
 

Most of characters are excused these sorts of saving throws as they
are too twisted/evil to get freaked by whatever demanding the ST.

-- 
Greg McCarrollhttp://217.34.97.146/~gem/

Re: Inline::PERL

[David H. Adler]

On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 09:40:49AM +0100, Cross David - dcross wrote:
 
 Inline::PERL gives you the power of the PERL programming language from

And what, exactly, is the PERL programming language?

dha

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Re: Inline::PERL

[Jonathan Peterson]

At 09:40 01/06/01 +0100, you wrote:

Another gem from Perlmonks. I'm thinking I should post this one to the
Cookwood board :)

It was in the unforgettable episode on 23rd May when bk said:

Yay! You have now totally redeemed yourself in my mind. I'm sorry... I 
seem to have missed the class on the usage of the different kinds of OR 
operators.

Since then Bk and Dave's relationship has got better and better, with 
smiley faces common place and good humour generally prevalent. But does Bk 
harbour underlying resentment? Is he luring Dave into a false sense of 
security? Has his programming actually improved any?

It's better than enders!

Oh, and I think the thing about readdir returning the first entry of an 
array in scalar context is dumb. That isn't DWIM. Returning the number of 
entries in the directory would be about a million times more sensible 
(especially if it didn't count . and .. as entries).


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