The beauty that is perl.

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Re: The beauty that is perl. by demerphq (Chancellor) on Apr 04, 2004 at 09:40 UTC
Can you guess what each is going to print before you run it? Its unlikely many will that dont already know of this bug. I certainly didn't. And im pretty sure this is a bug and in my eyes not in the slightest bit beautiful. For those that want this spelled out. (Update: actually maybe it isnt a bug, suprising as hell, but not a bug.) Read more... (691 Bytes) --- demerphq _{First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. -- Gandhi}	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Re: The beauty that is perl. by ysth (Canon) on Apr 04, 2004 at 13:12 UTC
One practical consequence of this is that you can't "escape" some delimiters to match literally, e.g.: m$\$$ will treat $ as the end-of-line assertion (or as variable interpolation if $ is followed by an identifier), but there's no way to get it to match '$'.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: The beauty that is perl. by ambrus (Abbot) on Apr 04, 2004 at 19:30 UTC
But that's ok, as you can still use `\x24`, or even `\N{DOLLAR SIGN}` after `use charnames ":full";`. Imo, if you want to match a literal dollar sign in the regexp, you just should not use a dollar sign if you want to match a literal dollar sign. That's the same thing as `/^\/usr\/bin\//`-like regexps, or even worse.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: The beauty that is perl. by flyingmoose (Priest) on Apr 04, 2004 at 00:20 UTC
Can you guess what each is going to print before you run it? No. I can hardly read them. Reminds me of something in the back of the ol' campus newspaper. Find the comma: ..................................................... ..................................................... ..................................................... ..................................................... ..................................................... ..................................................... ..................................................... ..................................................... ..................................................... ..................................................... ..,.................................................. ..................................................... [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: The beauty that is perl. by Anonymous Monk on Apr 04, 2004 at 01:37 UTC
I'm almost embarrassed to say that it actually took me about 30 seconds to locate the comma. Invents the "find the small L" gimmick: `1111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111 111111111111111111111111111111l111111111 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: The beauty that is perl. by cLive ;-) (Prior) on Apr 04, 2004 at 06:53 UTC
CTRL+F, one el one ENTER About 2 seconds :) cLive ;-)	[reply]
Re: The beauty that is perl. by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Apr 04, 2004 at 02:36 UTC
5,30 in around 10 seconds:) Examine what is said, not who speaks. "Efficiency is intelligent laziness." -David Dunham "Think for yourself!" - Abigail	[reply] [d/l]
Re: The beauty that is perl. by Anonymous Monk on Apr 04, 2004 at 03:03 UTC
Re: The beauty that is perl. by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Apr 04, 2004 at 03:14 UTC
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Re: The beauty that is perl. by flyingmoose (Priest) on Apr 04, 2004 at 16:32 UTC
Re: Re: The beauty that is perl. by inman (Curate) on Apr 05, 2004 at 15:25 UTC
Re: The beauty that is perl. by cLive ;-) (Prior) on Apr 04, 2004 at 06:55 UTC
CTRL + PLUS(+) + PLUS(+) + PLUS(+) +PLUS(+) I like Fire(\w+) :) cLive ;-)	[reply]
Re: The beauty that is perl. by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Apr 04, 2004 at 01:19 UTC
I'm not seeing the beauty. This looks like obfu to me ... ------ We are the carpenters and bricklayers of the Information Age. Then there are Damian modules.... sigh* ... that's not about being less-lazy -- that's about being on some really good drugs -- you know, there is no spoon.* - flyingmoose	[reply]
Re: Re: The beauty that is perl. by educated_foo (Vicar) on Apr 04, 2004 at 03:34 UTC
There are so many kinds of beauty in Obfu: the Satori of understanding. the pleasure of code well-obfuscated the appreciation of the fact that, while Perl can be terrifyingly hairy and complex viewed one way, it is rarely so from the perspective of everyday programming. Free your mind, man!	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: The beauty that is perl. by dragonchild (Archbishop) on Apr 04, 2004 at 04:01 UTC
Yes, there are many kinds of beauty in Obfu, and you have listed three of the main ones. However, beauty is still always in the eye of the beholder. That I do not find it beautiful says nothing of its beauty in your eyes. Nor, does it say anything about my capability to see beauty in other things. And, I do find many obfus beautiful. Camels by Enlil, for example. My point here was that there was neither obfu nor beauty. To me, the title should have been "Look at this cool stuff!" I have no problem with BUU's meditation, just its title. ------ We are the carpenters and bricklayers of the Information Age. Then there are Damian modules.... sigh* ... that's not about being less-lazy -- that's about being on some really good drugs -- you know, there is no spoon.* - flyingmoose	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Re: The beauty that is perl. by didier (Vicar) on Apr 04, 2004 at 09:15 UTC
Re: Re: Re: Re: The beauty that is perl. by flyingmoose (Priest) on Apr 04, 2004 at 16:35 UTC
Re: Re: The beauty that is perl. by BUU (Prior) on Apr 04, 2004 at 10:59 UTC
Heh, to be honest the "beauty" was mostly sarcasm =].	[reply]


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