Quote #144

That should probably be written: no !@#$%^&*:@!semicolon

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  2. That gets us out of deciding how to spell Reg[eE]xp?|RE . . . Of course, then we have to decide what ref $re returns... :-)
  3. As pointed out in a followup, Real Perl Programmers prefer things to be visually distinct.
  4. 'Course, that doesn't work when 'a' contains parentheses.
  5. It may be possible to get this condition from within Perl if a signal handler runs at just the wrong moment. Another point for Chip... :-)
  6. I was trying not to mention backtracking. Which, of course, means that yours is 'righter' than mine, in a theoretical sense.
  7. Well, you can implement a Perl peek() with unpack('P',...). Once you have that, there's only security through obscurity. :-)
  8. Not that I'm against sneaking some notions into people's heads upon occasion. (Or blasting them in outright.)

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