RE: The YAPC Quest

[chromatic]

I refuse to apologize for this:

#!/usr/bin/perl -w

use strict;

my $spell = hex('123');
my $you = "a garden of delight.";
my $rituals = 10;
my $plan = "I, the despoiler";
my @describe = reverse (qw ( seek meet tell alarm bless ));

while ($rituals--) {
    if ($rituals < 5) {
        print cast($spell) => "$you\n";
    } else {
        reset reverse ($plan, times);
    }
}

sub cast {
    foreach my $invocation (caller) {
        my $plan = join ' with me ', "#", $invocation, $you ;
        do {
            study $plan;
            eval "$plan";
            $plan .= " here, unharmed.";
        };
    }
    return "$plan, " . $describe[$rituals] . " you in ";
}

ESPECIALLY to Mrs. Vroom, who is lovely and patient.

[Q*bert]

Oh dear, you mean vroom's married? You mean we are bending our Perl skills to the path of evil, acting as virtual home-wreckers?

If so, luckily, I'm sure vroom is trustworthy enough that he will not be swayed to use the awesome power of our programs. Still, this is a bit embarrassing. ;)