Re: Regex on OS X
Re: Regex on OS X
- Subject: Re: Regex on OS X
- From: phildobbin <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2002 14:58:30 +0100
On 02/10/2002 00:23, "bill fancher" <email@hidden> wrote:
[...]
>
I view discouraging the spread of perl as a civic duty. It's like kudzu.
I view statements such as these as extremely narrow minded, self-defeating
and ostrich like in their bland dismissive tone.
Perl (yes, it's Perl not perl) is an essential (OS X uses it for
housekeeping and running the interface with the kernel). Easy to learn and a
growing, helpful community. Some of the most talented programmers working
today are actively involved in Perl.
Some people call it a write-only language but to me, it finally helped me to
grok the concepts of programming.
People in the Perl community write code to try to interact with Applescript
and to voice banalities like this must make them wonder why they bother.
>
I've always considered perl a "minimalist" language
TMTOWTDI,
Regards,
Phil.
--
for(reverse(1..100)){$s=($_==1)? '':'s';print"$_ bottle$s of beer on the
wall,\n";
print"$_ bottle$s of beer,\nTake one down, pass it around,\n";
$_--;$s=($_==1)?'':'s';print"$_ bottle$s of beer on the
wall\n\n";}print'*burp*';
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