Quote #145
That gets us out of deciding how to spell Reg[eE]xp?|RE . . . Of course, then we have to decide what ref $re returns... :-)
More from Larry Wall
- That should probably be written: no !@#$%^&*:@!semicolon
- 'Course, that doesn't work when 'a' contains parentheses.
- The Harvard Law states: Under controlled conditions of light, temperature, humidity, and nutrition, the organism will do as it damn well pl…
- I was trying not to mention backtracking. Which, of course, means that yours is 'righter' than mine, in a theoretical sense.
- As pointed out in a followup, Real Perl Programmers prefer things to be visually distinct.
- Not that I'm against sneaking some notions into people's heads upon occasion. (Or blasting them in outright.)
- 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... :-)
- (To the extent that anyone but a Prolog programmer can understand X totally. (And to the extent that a Prolog programmer can understand 'cu…