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Re: Sort is lazy?!? (as in Haskell)

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From:
Andrew.Savige
Date:
July 19, 2002 01:34
Subject:
Re: Sort is lazy?!? (as in Haskell)
Message ID:
694BB7191495D51183A9005004C0B05452DE91@ir-exchange-srv.ir.com.au
En op 19 juli 2002 sprak Mtv (hot favourite for next TPR golf tournament):
> it would be very useful in golf to force array context with sort:
>     $i_need_add_something_to_number_of_letters+sort/\w/g
>
> but unfortunately you need to write one stroke longer:
>     $i_need_add_something_to_number_of_letters+${[/\w/g]}
                                                 ^
                                         should be @ methinks

> or
>     $i_need_add_something_to_number_of_letters+(()=/\w/g)

or, saving a stroke:

$i_need_add_something_to_number_of_letters+s/\w/$&/g

/-\

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