Beefy Boxes and Bandwidth Generously Provided by pair Networks vroom
XP is just a number
 
PerlMonks

LIFE is

by rhsc (Novice)
 | Log in | Create a new user | The Monastery Gates | Super Search | 
 | Seekers of Perl Wisdom | Meditations | PerlMonks Discussion | 
 | Obfuscation | Reviews | Cool Uses For Perl | Perl News | Q&A | Tutorials | 
 | Poetry | Recent Threads | Newest Nodes | Donate | What's New | 

on Oct 09, 2007 at 23:27 UTC ( #643825=poem: print w/ replies, xml ) Need Help??

open(LIFE,"life"); @mind=<LIFE>; close LIFE; unlink "life"; while($day=pop @mind) {undef $day}

Comment on LIFE is
Download Code
Re: LIFE is
by grinder (Bishop) on Oct 10, 2007 at 06:27 UTC

    Hmm, so on the nature versus nuture debate, you're clearly on the nature side? The die is cast from the moment you are born? This reminds me of some lyrics from an XTC song:

    Life's like a firework,
    You're only lit once,
    And you must stand and radiate correctly.

    I myself am not so pessimistic. Life is what you make of it.

    • another intruder with the mooring in the heart of the Perl

      I like the analogy about life and fireworks.
      I would like to be a "Sparkler" and dazzle all!

      What would you be?
Re: LIFE is
by didier (Vicar) on Dec 09, 2007 at 21:14 UTC

    Shouldn't the # unlink "life" ; arrive after the destruction of all days:
    while($day=pop @mind)
    {undef $day}

    Or do you mean that all that "<LIFE>" inside your @mind shall survive to you?

Login:
Password
remember me
What's my password?
Create A New User

Node Status?
node history
Node Type: poem [id://643825]
Approved by ikegami
Front-paged by grinder
help
Chatterbox?
and the web crawler heard nothing...

How do I use this? | Other CB clients
Other Users?
Others exploiting the Monastery: (22)
BrowserUk
merlyn
Corion
GrandFather
toolic
holli
Gavin
atcroft
kennethk
MidLifeXis
thezip
Eyck
pileofrogs
broomduster
serf
hominid
ahmad
ssandv
romandas
je44ery
MikeDexter
im2
As of 2010-02-09 20:42 GMT
Sections?
The Monastery Gates
Seekers of Perl Wisdom
Meditations
PerlMonks Discussion
Categorized Q&A
Tutorials
Obfuscated Code
Perl Poetry
Cool Uses for Perl
Perl News
Information?
PerlMonks FAQ
Guide to the Monastery
What's New at PerlMonks
Voting/Experience System
Tutorials
Reviews
Library
Perl FAQs
Other Info Sources
Find Nodes?
Nodes You Wrote
Super Search
List Nodes By Users
Newest Nodes
Recently Active Threads
Selected Best Nodes
Best Nodes
Worst Nodes
Saints in our Book
Leftovers?
The St. Larry Wall Shrine
Offering Plate
Awards
Craft
Snippets Section
Code Catacombs
Quests
Editor Requests
Buy PerlMonks Gear
PerlMonks Merchandise
Planet Perl
Perlsphere
Use Perl
Perl.com
Perl 5 Wiki
Perl Jobs
Perl Mongers
Perl Directory
Perl documentation
CPAN
Random Node
Voting Booth?

What level of existential comfort do you require?

Palace
Executive suite at the best hotel
Regular hotel in a decent part of town
Motel
Boarding house
Sleeping Bag on Couch in Basement
Any port in a storm
Camping under the freeway overpass
Jail
Other

Results (279 votes), past polls