The Perl Journal

[Marburg]

Here is my entry to the last Perl Journal Obfuscation contest ... the "The Perl Journal" section. I hope it makes sense ... not! John.

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[raflach]

Cool works even with -w on. Would be even cooler if it worked with strict, and you could easily make it I would think.
Can't use string ("a") as a SCALAR ref while "strict refs" in use at new4.pl line 5.