six word perl memoir

Math major needed job. Learned perl.

The six word novel is attributed to Ernest Hemingway who supposedly wrote the following six word novel to win a bar bet.
"For sale: baby shoes, never used."

This example and several others by famous writers can be found here. Recently, a book of these with content submitted mainly by ordinary people(with a handful of celebrities) has been published and has been very well received.

I thought a perl specific one would be fun! Any other monks care to try one? The only criteria is that it be six words and tell the whole story.

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Re: six word perl memoir by hbm (Hermit) on Feb 18, 2009 at 20:58 UTC
Innumerable shell scripts supplanted; Perl, unrepentant. Boss: ASAP! Monk: Okay. ( Perl, surely )	[reply]
Re: six word perl memoir by ELISHEVA (Prior) on Feb 18, 2009 at 13:31 UTC
`while (not die) { redo and redo }` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re: six word perl memoir by Gavin (Archbishop) on Feb 18, 2009 at 13:53 UTC
`use strict; use warnings; use diagnostics;` [download] Use strict; Use Diagnostics; or Die Courtesy of tachyon	[reply] [d/l]
Re: six word perl memoir by shmem (Chancellor) on Feb 19, 2009 at 00:10 UTC
Chaos at deadline, rescued with perl. "Can't be done!" - perl did. Easy.	[reply]
Re: six word perl memoir by Lawliet (Curate) on Feb 19, 2009 at 03:52 UTC
Eschew elucidation; espouse obfuscation. Meet Perl. And you didn't even know bears could type.	[reply]
Re: six word perl memoir by wazoox (Prior) on Feb 19, 2009 at 18:04 UTC
laziness : want learning C, still doing perl impatience : wanted learn ruby, already know perl hubris : there are more than one way...	[reply]
Re: six word perl memoir by zentara (Cardinal) on Feb 18, 2009 at 13:39 UTC
while(1){ eat_ice_cream( 'vanilla' ) } I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth My Petition to the Great Cosmic Conciousness	[reply]
Re: six word perl memoir by missingthepoint (Friar) on Feb 20, 2009 at 10:15 UTC
Larry's creation grows, grows: becomes Skynet. That that is is that that is not is not	[reply]
Re: six word perl memoir by ww (Archbishop) on Feb 19, 2009 at 00:22 UTC
Learning Perl: (filename) had compilation errors.	[reply]
Re: six word perl memoir by Anonymous Monk on Feb 18, 2009 at 08:53 UTC
Lost fool learned Perl. Still alive.	[reply]
Re: six word perl memoir by toma (Vicar) on Feb 22, 2009 at 08:40 UTC
Found cgi-bin Perl programs. Wrote more. It should work perfectly the first time! - toma	[reply]
Re: six word perl memoir by raisputin (Scribe) on May 18, 2009 at 19:40 UTC
Had a problem; fixed with Perl.	[reply]
Re: six word perl memoir by whakka (Hermit) on Feb 20, 2009 at 06:35 UTC
Larry merlyn. Perl wand. CPAN spellbook.	[reply]
Re: six word perl memoir by Lawliet (Curate) on Feb 26, 2009 at 02:36 UTC
One liner to rule them all. And you didn't even know bears could type.	[reply]
Re: six word perl memoir by ack (Deacon) on Feb 24, 2009 at 17:08 UTC
Floundring in darkness. Found Perl. Energized! ack Albuquerque, NM	[reply]


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