in reply to RE: COBOL vs. Perl
in thread COBOL vs. Perl
Ordinarily, yes. Unfortunately, the format of the input file depended heavily on the computer-illeterate users, so I had to do validation on the input and spit out error messages as appropriate.
The Moral of This Little Tale: Trust your users, not their input!
Update: I was going to correct my little spelling error, but I realized others might appreciate the irony of my mispelling "illiterate."
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RE: RE: RE: COBOL vs. Perl
by gnat (Beadle) on Jun 15, 2000 at 00:10 UTC | |
by Anonymous Monk on Jun 21, 2000 at 22:04 UTC |
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