From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 5 16:05:46 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2004E106566C for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2011 16:05:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D905D8FC13 for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2011 16:05:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 97-113-167-219.tukw.qwest.net ([97.113.167.219] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PaVrm-0008MJ-Pc for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 05 Jan 2011 08:05:40 -0800 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 05 Jan 2011 08:05:14 -0800 Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 08:05:14 -0800 From: Chip Camden To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20110105160514.GA94459@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <117654.42578.qm@web121409.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <4D231CB7.2060902@teambox.fr> <86pqsc3774.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <20110105062401.GB74123@guilt.hydra> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20110105062401.GB74123@guilt.hydra> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-PGP-Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xD6DBAF91 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com Subject: Re: a perl question X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:05:46 -0000 --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Quoth Chad Perrin on Tuesday, 04 January 2011: > On Tue, Jan 04, 2011 at 09:33:03AM -0800, Randal L. Schwartz wrote: > > >>>>> "Patrick" =3D=3D Patrick Bihan-Faou writes: > >=20 > > Patrick> cat asdf.txt | grep -v XYZ | grep -v bla > >=20 > > And yet, you still have the "Useless Use of Cat". >=20 > The weirdest thing about most useless uses of cat is that not using cat > would actually be a little clearer and involve fewer keystrokes -- as in > this case. >=20 > --=20 > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] I blame OOP. Programmer thinks about the data stream before they think about the process. It's a nouns-first orientation. --=20 Sterling (Chip) Camden | sterling@camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips= .com --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJNJJa5AAoJEIpckszW26+R/M4H/3YO6giXKmuxieP5cncEVw+h YTBXzjKxkTHV2lbNN57a2U5kQkTbEwloPayOQxHh96IET1GYTrdWLGK/QNcdjoz2 1A/Enn1aea5OgwMP3ZElFOWjPkUo0VMRvNBPP8HN8iDVzyp2p0ljDle5VwsjWpSJ Ub42M/X/GiQKvwDkxA6GM4FZaMjrHYDPSdcyk8zRFKnohpRK6kd8XPk24a779ZKz MH0rhTBMkLTzxkYU3fuv8toFoh6gdAutyNd5NdkgR6GbVt9jliZvZ8yo+S21Qj+E FGEB8Kv/xlRfaggHyFB0mAw8p9AJApN0Q7dLsW35x5x9fQB6Nw5K8G7ly/EhymA= =ovoM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --OXfL5xGRrasGEqWY--