Re: [FWP] Pretty perl (off-topic?)

[Vicki Brown <vlb@cfcl.com>]

At 17:31 +0000 06/19/1999, Bennett Todd wrote:
>This may be one-for-the-lurkers, and off-topic, but I just felt this urge to
>send it because I think it's the prettiest perl I've written in a while.
>THe big implicit question for the list is, should pretty code be on-topic for
>this list? Or is fwp really more for puzzles and JAPHs and one-liners?

I can live with "this is the prettiest code I've written in a while".

Be prepared, however, for someone telling you how it could be made prettier :-)

I would probably recommend direct inclusion in the message over 
attachments, but otherwise... bring forth the pretty code. :-)

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