Re^2: Have you netted a Perl Monk or Perl Pretender in 5 minutes or less?

"More people are killed every year by pigs than by sharks, which shows you how good we are at evaluating risk".

I'm sorry, I had to say something. :) More people are in proximity to pigs than sharks, therefore it does not follow that a pig poses a bigger risk than a shark, which shows you how good Bruce Schneier is at critical thinking (whoever he is). :)

I feel better now. Sorry all.

And as to the actual topic. I think the best question is "Can I have a URL that points to some of the code you have written in Perl?" Or, "Where can I see an example of the work you have done in Perl?"

It's more time-intensive, especially if you have 300 resumes on your desk, but it should be remembered that hiring a new employee is a big risk and investment for a company. In general too little time is spent on screening. Everyone wants to check them out "on the job" -- but inevitably you never get rid of the lemons.

-Andrew.

Andrew Tomazos | andrew@tomazos.com | www.tomazos.com

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Re^3: Have you netted a Perl Monk or Perl Pretender in 5 minutes or less? by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Dec 17, 2012 at 13:41 UTC
More people are in proximity to pigs than sharks, therefore it does not follow that a pig poses a bigger risk than a shark... Every person in the water at a beach right now—millions a day—is in proximity to sharks. Drastically fewer pig farmers are down in the stalls on a regular basis. Also, I think we can all agree that more persons are in proximity to pigs than sharks. Sharks are rarely anywhere near pigs. I'm sorry, I had to say something. :)	[reply]
Re^4: Have you netted a Perl Monk or Perl Pretender in 5 minutes or less? by Anonymous Monk on Dec 17, 2012 at 14:15 UTC
Also, I think we can all agree that more persons are in proximity to pigs than shark. Sharks are rarely anywhere near pigs. I'm sorry, I had to say something. :) I get the joke, but I don't get the grammar rules ... OTOH Parse a sentence says ++++Time 0.00 seconds (98.93 +total) Found 8 linkages (8 with no P.P. violations) Linkage 1, cost vector = (UNUSED=0 DIS=0 AND=0 LEN=16) +--------------------------------Xp------------------------------- ++ \| +--------------MVt-------------+ +\| +------Wd------+ +--------MVp--------+ \| +\| \| +-Dmcm-+--Spx--+-Pp-+--Jp--+ +-Jp-+ +--Opc-+ +\| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| \| +\| LEFT-WALL more persons.n are.v in proximity.n to pigs.n than sharks.n +. Constituent tree: (S (NP more persons) (VP are (PP in (NP proximity)) (PP to (NP pigs)) (PP than (NP sharks))) .) [download] IIUC (If I Understand Correctly), it is the people (and not the sharks) whose proximity is relative Compare to more persons are in proximity to pigs than proximity to sharks more persons are in proximity to pigs than are sharks	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Have you netted a Perl Monk or Perl Pretender in 5 minutes or less? by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Dec 19, 2012 at 19:16 UTC
:P Do you have any analysis of the seven other possible parse trees the site can generate for that sentence? Frankly, it's mostly beyond me. Isn't English fun!	[reply]


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