Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:37:31 -0800 From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) To: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: a perl question Message-ID: <86d3oc2cfo.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> In-Reply-To: <20110104221242.35a1710f@gumby.homeunix.com> (RW's message of "Tue, 4 Jan 2011 22:12:42 %2B0000") References: <117654.42578.qm@web121409.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <AANLkTinEksoXQAA4ZAziE59h%2BLRTxSgSy2WZy6UaQne%2B@mail.gmail.com> <4D231CB7.2060902@teambox.fr> <86pqsc3774.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <16ABD485-4B26-47C4-AD19-6B84AB497874@vicor.com> <20110104221242.35a1710f@gumby.homeunix.com>
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>>>>> "RW" == RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> writes: RW> It's odd that people seem to be taking bla-bla so literally, when it's RW> clearly a place holder for arbitary text. That's the problem when you provide an example instead of a rule. But oddly enough, once you figure out the actual rule, translating that into a program is generally rather mechanical. Hence the irony of such questions. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@stonehenge.com> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/>; Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.posterous.com/ for Smalltalk discussion
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