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Re: Briskets (perl)
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Re: Briskets (perl)


  • Subject: Re: Briskets (perl)
  • From: Michael Kelly <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 19:08:29 -0700

On 5/13/02 4:40 PM, Matthew Stuckwisch <email@hidden> wrote:

>> #!/usr/bin/perl
>> # Michael Kelly
>> $s="-oMmi\ncThhaee lW eKbe:l lhyt".
>> "\ntEpm:a/i/lw:w wj.ejdeidmiimkie".
>> "k\@em.ance.tc\n";for$i (0..length(
>> $s)/2-1){$a.=substr($s,$i*2,1);$b.=
>> substr($s,($i*2)+1,1);}print"$a$b";
>
> Oh jeez, go and make such a simple script look so ugly. For those of you
> who prefer "cleaner" perl:
>
> ---
> $s="-oMmi\ncThhaee lW eKbe:l lhyt"."\ntEpm:a/i/lw:w wj.ejdeidmiimkie"."k\@
> em.ance.tc\n";
>
> for$i(0..length($s)/2-1)
> {
> $a.=substr($s,$i*2,1);
> $b.=substr($s,($i*2)+1,1);
> }
>
> print"$a$b";
> ---
>
> and for those of you who want a rough AppleScript conversion:
>
> ---
> set s to "-oMmi
> cThhaee lW eKbe:l lhyt
> tEpm:a/i/lw:w email@hidden
> "
>
> set a to ""
> set b to ""
>
> repeat with i from 0 to round (length of s) / 2 - 1
> set a to a & text (2 * i + 1) thru (2 * i + 1) in s
> set b to b & text (2 * i + 2) thru (2 * i + 2) in s
> end repeat
>
> return a & b

Hey, I could actually learn a bit from that code. Thanks! :)

> Trying to go and make perl all bad....humbug :P

Actually, I must admit that I prefer Perl to AppleScript (gasp!), and the
code I used was obviously obfuscated on purpose. Just trying to be funny. :)
I'm still working on ways to obfuscate that code even further, btw. ;) I
suppose it might be people like me making lousy jokes like these that might
give Perl a reputation of "having the syntax of line noise", though, so I
guess I should cut it out.

Then again, I've seen some AppleScript that beats that little bit right into
the ground as far as nonunderstandability goes, so I guess the sword cuts
both ways.

--
Michael
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