Re: [FWP] Would you like to buy a vowel?

[abigail@foad.org]

On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 07:58:55PM +0200, Ilmari Karonen wrote:
> 
> Okay, can anyone here shorten this JAPH?  Par is 113.  There's a trivial
> 7 stroke saving if you omit the final newline, but I'd rather keep it.
> 
> $|=@_=$_="\rJust another Perl hacker,\n";chop;s/${\(a..z)[rand 26]}/#/ig&&(@_=($_,@_))while/\w/;sleep print for@_

Three strokes less:

  $|=@_=($_="\rJust another Perl hacker,",$/);s/${\(a..z)[rand 26]}/#/ig&&(@_=($_,@_))while/\w/;sleep print for@_

The behaviour is slightly different; it waits an additional second before
printing the final new line.

Abigail

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