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Re: •Re: Re: Undocumented variable?

by Rudif (Hermit)

on Sep 13, 2003 at 16:41 UTC ( [id://291265]=note: print w/replies, xml )

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>> the punctuation variables are always forced into package main for hysterical reasons

Is that meant as in "behavior exhibiting overwhelming or unmanageable fear or emotional excess", or just a typo?

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•Re: Re: •Re: Re: Undocumented variable? by merlyn (Sage) on Sep 13, 2003 at 17:03 UTC
The common replacement of "historical" with "hysterical" within the Perl community is something we do on porpoise. -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker Be sure to read my standard disclaimer if this is a reply.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: Re: Undocumented variable? by wirrwarr (Monk) on Sep 13, 2003 at 18:13 UTC
this is also hacker jargon, please see the jargon file entry on this. i don't know if this was deliberate, though. daniel.	[reply]
Re: Re: •Re: Re: Undocumented variable? by Rudif (Hermit) on Sep 14, 2003 at 06:23 UTC
Thank you. I'm glad I asked. Rudif	[reply]

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