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From:
Stephen Turner
Date:
January 29, 2002 03:38
Subject:
Re: even.pl solutions
Message ID:
Pine.LNX.3.96.1020129113535.2986A-100000@gentoo
Five programs didn't use $. , of which the shortest is this one from Ton
Hospel in equal third place:
-ln ($a=aeiouy)=~s!!--&~y-!g;eval"\$|$a--c&&print" 50 ton
It's another meta-program. The line counting is done by $|-- , although even
that isn't obvious until you've worked out what $a is above.
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Stephen Turner, Cambridge, UK http://homepage.ntlworld.com/adelie/stephen/
"This is Henman's 8th Wimbledon, and he's only lost 7 matches." BBC, 2/Jul/01
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