RE: [FWP] perl5 is 5

["Larry Rosler" <lr@hpl.hp.com>]

> From: Eli Evans [mailto:eevans@libronix.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 13:46
> To: Eric; fwp@technofile.org
> Subject: RE: [FWP] perl5 is 5
>
> I'll make no qualitative judgment here, but I'll shave a few
> characters:
>
> $a='to you.';$c='dear Perl5,';print"Happy birthday $$_\n"for(a,a,c,a)

I will.  You can change $c to $b to avoid declaration problems, but
symbolic references and barewords are beyond the pale, IMO.

--
Larry Rosler
Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Larry_Rosler/
lr@hpl.hp.com>



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