Re: [FWP] Eliminating whitespace does not usefully shorten code

[trowton@broadcast.com (Tom Rowton)]

If you want to remove all unnecessary whitespace, here's a possibly fun
challenge.

Write a script to do it. Slurp in a script and zap all those nasty
whitespaces.

For extra credit, have the same script be reversible to expand all the
"standard" whitespaces, like CRs, tabs, etc.

trowt.

----- Original Message -----
From: Ronald J Kimball <rjk@linguist.dartmouth.edu>
To: DeRobertis <derobert@erols.com>
Cc: Aaron Crane <aaron.crane@pobox.com>; <fwp@technofile.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 1999 1:25 AM
Subject: Re: [FWP] Eliminating whitespace does not usefully shorten code


On Sun, Aug 08, 1999 at 02:11:47AM -0400, DeRobertis wrote:
> I must agree with the origonal poster. There is no extra "fun" value in
> removing whitepsace.

> Let's not substitute fake FWP for real FWP!

Personally, I find it quite fun to try to squeeze Perl programs into as few
characters as possible, *including whitespace*.  There are tricks to
minimizing whitespace, just as there are tricks to removing regular
characters.

Don't dictate my fun.

Ronald

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