RE: [FWP] perl5 is 5

[Eric <evonzee@tritechnet.com>]

Please accept the ugliest possible solution:

$a="to you.";$c="dear Perl5,";map{print"Happy birthday $$_\n"}(a,a,c,a);

I challenge anyone to come up with worse code in 72 characters. :)

-e


At 01:48 PM 10/19/99 , you wrote:
>
>Sorry but I couldn't help myself:-) Not that it's very nice but...
>
>$a="Happy birthday";print "$a to you,\n"x2,"$a dear perl5,\n$a to you.\n";
>
>is actually 6 chars shorter :-)
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