Re: [FWP] perl5 is 5

[Adam Sampson <azz@gnu.org>]

On Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 07:51:31PM +0100, Richard Proctor wrote:
> I started this so I am still fighting...
> $.="\nHappy birthday ";print$;="$.to you",",$;,$.dear perl5,$;.\n"
> 66 Characters...

Here's my 66-char version:

$,="Happy birthday ";print"$,to you,\n"x2,"dear perl5,\n$,to you."

You can even shorten it to 64 bytes by not making it a one-liner:

$,="Happy birthday ";print"$,to you,
"x2,"dear perl5,
$,to you."

In Emacs, "M-| perl" makes a nice Perl one-liner development environment. :)

-- 

Adam Sampson
azz@gnu.org

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