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Re: Santa Hole 2 (tail.pl) Post Mortem

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From:
Piers Cawley
Date:
December 6, 2001 16:02
Subject:
Re: Santa Hole 2 (tail.pl) Post Mortem
Message ID:
m2vgfj52pb.fsf@bofh.org.uk
Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan <jeffp@crusoe.net> writes:

> On Dec 7, Andrew.Savige@ir.com said:
>
>>It proved frustrating, as evidenced by Japhy's mid-game comment:
>>"Geez, I have three different solutions for tail.pl, ALL the
>>same length (19 chars).  Has someone gotten below 19?"
>
> Here were my other two 19-ers:
>
>   map--$.>9||print,<>
>   --$.>9||print for<>
>
> You can see my angst.  That damned space irritated me.

Like the first one though. Very pretty.

-- 
Piers

   "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a language in
    possession of a rich syntax must be in need of a rewrite."
         -- Jane Austen?

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