Re: I refuse to explain this

[Dominus]

Says strredwolf:

The main key behind it is the use re 'eval', which allows Perl to be inside the (?{...}) considitonal regexps.

No, that is not what use re 'eval' does; I suggest you consult the manual.

The use re 'eval' is not really necessary to the program; it is only there to allow me to make the code simpler by abbreviating the regex.

Hmmm, it looks like a bit of source code and a state engine to me!

Nope, totally wrong! (Except perhaps in the trivial sense that every program is a 'state engine'.)

[strredwolf]

I did. But I'll agree that it's helps shorten it (sub in regexp?).

But expanding $_ out does make it look like you're doing a virtual machine inside of the s///ex regexp. Source code (or is it VM machine code?) and a state engine, like my own obfusc.

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$Stalag99{"URL"}="http://stalag99.keenspace.com";

[Dominus]

Says strredwolf:

But expanding $_ out does make it look like ... a state engine,

(Shrug.) All I can do is to repeat that it isn't a state engine. In fact, I'm at something of a loss to imagine where you think the state variable is.

[strredwolf]

$d and $q. The loop, of course, is conditional on $N.

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$Stalag99{"URL"}="http://stalag99.keenspace.com";