rbj@uunet.UU.NET (Root Boy Jim) (02/05/91)
In <1991Feb4.163023.2980@uvaarpa.Virginia.EDU> worley@compass.com writes: >This leads me to wonder: Is there a non-trivial Perl program that >consists entirely of punctuation marks? Probably not, altho I can think of some perverted ways to get rid of some functions. I'm sure Larry will give these all the consideration they deserve :-) It all started when I realized that assigning to $[<>()] would do set[re][ug]id. So I figured that: ++$$ is equivalent to fork $--- is write $.++ is read $?=# is kill $]=# ftp's to jpl, gets version #, recompiles perl, dumps script and restarts if # is negative Now what about the array, assoc array, etc analogs of all the special one char variables? My perl seems to allow @@ and %% references, but refuses to let me define subroutine &@ or use filehandle <%>. I had trouble with label ':' too. I mean, how hard could it be to parse and evaluate && && && anyway? Just run your grammar thru dyslex and trison. >Dale Worley Compass, Inc. worley@compass.com -- Root Boy Jim Cottrell <rbj@uunet.uu.net> I got a head full of ideas They're driving me insane