SV: SV: [Fun With Perl] Everything should be kept as simple as possib le...

[patrik.grip-jansson@vv.se]

> On Fri, 18 Jun 1999 merlyn@stonehenge.com wrote;
> 
	> But no matter what the first step is, you still can type
<names.txt,
	> either before or after the command:
	>
	>	<names.txt sed s'/||/, /g' | ....
	>
	> so no matter what you change 'sed' to, this will still work.
	> 
	> Please read the commentary on the UUOCA ... this is precisely why
I
	> created the award, and is also one of the standard (weak :)
arguments
	> about why the award shouldn't exist. :)

	The only reason I can see for usage of the "cat foo |"-construct is
when you are showing an absolute beginner how to do something. They have a
tendency to get confused with "<" and ">". Which of course can be rather
unfortunate :-)


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