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in reply to The Marcel Perl Questionnaire
Here are my responses.
| Favorite Perl Instruction |
map() |
Oh, vestiges of LISP. |
| Least Favorite Instruction |
vec() |
Perl and Bit Vectors. Ugh. |
| Favorite Looping Mechanism |
naked blocks and redo |
Heheheh... "naked" |
| Least Favorite Looping Mechanism |
while () |
That makes no sense to me. if () is a syntax error, and why should an empty condition be true? |
| Favorite Module |
YAPE::Regex |
The OGRE will pound me to death if I say otherwise. |
| Least Favorite Module |
less |
It doesn't do anything. |
| Favorite Special Variable |
$| |
True booleans rock! |
| Least Favorite Special Variable |
$* |
That is like, so retro |
| Favorite variable type |
hash |
So malleable |
| Favorite Command Line Switch |
-v |
perl -venereal disease |
| Least Favorite Command Line Switch |
-U |
"Screw taint chec--" |
| Favorite Pragma |
less |
use less anxiety; |
| Favorite Regexp Modifier |
/sexgismo |
What's not to love? |
| Favorite Regexp Metachar |
\z |
So tiny, yet so absolute. |
| Favorite Descriptive Variable Name |
$q |
It's the CGI object variable. |
| Favorite HERE Doc delimiter |
"END" |
Well, duh. |
| Favorite Filehandle |
0 |
Out of body experiences rock. |
japhy --
Perl and Regex Hacker |
