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Athanasius

by Athanasius (Vicar)
on May 01, 2012 at 11:13 UTC ( #968231=user: print w/ replies, xml ) Need Help??

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It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer
would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure.
Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure,
to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter.
— Nathaniel Borenstein


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  • by Benjamin Goldberg, in How can I output my numbers with commas added?:
    		•    $integer =~ s/ (^ [-+]? \d+? (?=(?>(?:\d{3})+) (?!\d)) | \G\d{3}(?=\d) ) /$1,/gx;
      
  • to extract the name of the current s‎crip‎t (or module) from the full path:
    		•    (my $s‎crip‎t = $0) =~ s| ^ (?: .* [\\/])? (.*) \.p[lm] $ |$1|x;


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