Re: [FWP] my first japh :)

[Ronald J Kimball <rjk@linguist.dartmouth.edu>]

On Wed, Dec 06, 2000 at 10:17:50AM +0000, Piers Cawley wrote:
> Kye Leslie <kye@canningcollege.wa.edu.au> writes:
> 
> > Hi guys.. :)
> > here is my first japh:
> > 
> > $;=26;$,=84;$"=$,;$_='--i$(f/s;({)}".)${.((+).$1'.
> > ')3$/==/o$;;2r$$d=$"-(=;$4)+1$+%,;$ni;trp(r $hc;'.
> > ')=e9-};v#laxnSqYj5{{}uw})j{|n)n~)TtqlZi&';s/(.)(.
> > )/$2$1/xg;s/(.{2})(.)(.{3})/$3$1$2/g;eval;print$/;
> > 
> > comments?
> 
> It prints "Just another Perl hacker,".
> Canonical form is "Just another Perl hacker."

There is no canonical form; print it however you like.

However, if there were a canonical form, it would be

  Just another Perl hacker,

with a comma (not a period), the way Randal, the originator of the JAPH,
has always written it.

Ronald

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