Recently came upon a similar block of code in a program which I've never had the need to fix in the last 11 years. That's the definition of legacy code, I guess.
I knew the guy who wrote the original. It had to be really frustrating to write all that to do a really simple thing. I know he and others were frustrated that perl was the only tool available to them and they didn't know it. But to take the time to write that, instead of investing that time in learning a much, much better way ... I just can't imagine that.
($hold1, $hold2, $hold3, $emailaddress) = (split /\|/,$linein)[0,6,7,8
+];
But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:8 (NASB)
