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On Jul 30, 2008, at 8:21 AM, H.Merijn Brand wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 08:08:38 -0500, Graham Barr <gbarr@pobox.com> > wrote: > >> >> On Jul 29, 2008, at 8:42 AM, Mark Mielke wrote: >> >>> Peter Scott wrote: >>>> This very nearly qualifies as an easter egg. Inspect the >>>> following: >>>> >>>> perl -e 'close STDIN; open STDIN, "<", \$x; print <>' >>>> >>>> Guess what it does. Run it. See if you were right. >>>> >>>> Bugworthy? I don't know; maybe, that's why I mention it here. But >>>> it had >>>> some entertainment value for me today. >>>> >>> >>> +1 for weird. :-) >>> >>> Do you have an explanation for why it does what it does? :-) >> >> Yes. <> is reading from stdin in C (file descriptor 2) which will be > > No, File descriptor 0. 1 is stdout, 2 is stderr Yes you are right. That goes to prove you should not send mail just as you wake up :-) Graham.Thread Previous | Thread Next