Propose.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

     my$f=           $[;my
   $ch=0;sub       l{length}
 sub r{join"",   reverse split
("",$_[$[])}sub ss{substr($_[0]
,$_[1],$_[2])}sub be{$_=$_[0];p
 (ss($_,$f,1));$f+=l()/2;$f%=l 
  ();$f++if$ch%2;$ch++}my$q=r
   ("\ntfgpfdfal,thg?bngbj".    
    "naxfcixz");$_=$q; $q=~
      tr/f[a-z]/ [l-za-k] 
        /;my@ever=1..&l
          ;my$mine=$q
            ;sub p{
             print
              @_;
               }
                         
       be $mine for @ever
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Update: I'm elated by Vortacist's favorable response, of course. :)

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Re: Propose. by Vortacist (Pilgrim) on Aug 18, 2004 at 20:58 UTC
`$propose++;` Yes! :)	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Propose. by Anonymous Monk on Feb 11, 2011 at 14:28 UTC
Gives me a time out exception LOL,,	[reply]
Re: Propose. by jacques (Priest) on Aug 19, 2004 at 02:34 UTC
Further proof that Perl is the ultimate glue language.	[reply]
Re: Propose. by cLive ;-) (Prior) on Aug 19, 2004 at 06:45 UTC
`geek_code++` I proposed to my wife outside of Harry Ramsden's at Manchester Airport. But then, that's what happens when you marry a non-geek ;-) Congratulations to you both :) cLive ;-)	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Propose. by thor (Priest) on Aug 18, 2004 at 22:43 UTC
You're a lucky man to be in such a position. Congratulations! thor Feel the white light, the light within Be your own disciple, fan the sparks of will With all of us waiting, your kingdom will come	[reply]
Re: Propose. by antirice (Priest) on Aug 18, 2004 at 21:00 UTC
Congrats guys! :) antirice The first rule of Perl club is - use Perl The ith rule of Perl club is - follow rule i - 1 for i > 1	[reply]
Re^2: Propose. by pingo (Hermit) on Aug 25, 2004 at 12:18 UTC
TMTOWTDI :-)	[reply]
Re: Propose. by TStanley (Canon) on Aug 19, 2004 at 09:48 UTC
Congrats to the both of you. May you find peace and happiness together. TStanley -------- The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing -- Edmund Burke	[reply]
Re: Propose. by giulienk (Curate) on Aug 20, 2004 at 07:51 UTC
Congratulations! This is even better than CmdrTaco's proposal. Maybe I should have been more creative, but my standard dinner with diamond ring worked out pretty well too ;) `$\|=$_="1g2i1u1l2i4e2n0k",map{print"\7",chop;select$,,$,,$,,$_/7}m{..}g`	[reply]
Re: Propose. by csuhockey3 (Curate) on Aug 19, 2004 at 16:22 UTC
Greatest obfu of all time! Congratulations!	[reply]
Re: Propose. by paranoidDandroid (Initiate) on Aug 19, 2004 at 18:20 UTC
What a gift. Thank you. Best of luck.	[reply]
Re: Propose. by RavingGoat (Vicar) on Aug 19, 2004 at 19:55 UTC
Congrats!!	[reply]
Re: Propose. by pikus (Hermit) on Aug 24, 2004 at 13:42 UTC
That's the most romantic thing I've ever seen! <sniff> Congratulations! :) - pikus You know it's love when you memorize her IP number to skip DNS overhead.	[reply]
Re: Propose. by BioGeek (Hermit) on Aug 21, 2004 at 00:53 UTC
Congratulations to the both of you. This is actually the second online proposal I see in a week. Must be something in the air ;-) It also reminded me of a very romantic proposal by another geek.	[reply]
Re: Propose. by teamster_jr (Curate) on Aug 25, 2004 at 14:21 UTC
congrats guys, one thing, shouldn't this be in CUFP? :-) al	[reply]
Re: Propose. by PhilHibbs (Hermit) on Sep 03, 2004 at 12:15 UTC
Anyone want to contribute some real names to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_proposal	[reply]
Re: Propose. by ambrus (Abbot) on Nov 17, 2008 at 19:08 UTC
I assume this code is what this PHD comics strip refers to some two and a half year later.	[reply]
Re^2: Propose. by Falkkin (Chaplain) on Dec 01, 2008 at 05:37 UTC
Indeed, he changed my name to "William" (or most likely, forgot it) but he wrote the comic after meeting us at a book signing at Carnegie Mellon University.	[reply]
Re^3: Propose. by Anonymous Monk on Oct 07, 2015 at 14:10 UTC
Hey all... I don't have so much idea about perl.. I love a girl name is aditi.. Can anyone please edit this script and update so that I can show her that also and may be she will accept it. Plz anyone	[reply]

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