Re^2: Syntax Perl Version support $c = () = $a =~ /\./g

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Re^3: Syntax Perl Version support $c = () = $a =~ /\./g by Marshall (Canon) on Jul 18, 2018 at 00:25 UTC
I think this is supposed to look like an ASCII emoticon for a type of beard called a goatee. But yeah, that is what this is called.	[reply]
Re^4: Syntax Perl Version support $c = () = $a =~ /\./g by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Jul 18, 2018 at 14:33 UTC
I thought gazing upon the great goatse was a rite of passage for everyone online. It was a sort of hyper aggressive RickRoll of its day. I guess the wild west days really are on the outs. I noticed you spelled it with two "e"s in another comment; it's just one. It's from the phonetically named domain goatse.cx. Wikipedia has an article without the photo but a detailed description that will allow you to understand the connotation of the `=()=` if you want to follow up without getting Internet PTSD.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Syntax Perl Version support $c = () = $a =~ /\./g by Marshall (Canon) on Jul 24, 2018 at 17:07 UTC
What a hoot! The explanation is kinda graphic.. I leave it to others to go to Wikipedia themselves. There is a lot of folklore in computer terminology. I remember FUBAR from the 1960's as a military term which although somewhat disputed, I figure is the origin of the ubiquitous foo() and bar() coding examples. I did correct my 2 "e" spelling in another post - thanks for that!	[reply]
Re^6: Syntax Perl Version support $c = () = $a =~ /\./g by hippo (Archbishop) on Jul 24, 2018 at 17:42 UTC
Re^7: Syntax Perl Version support $c = () = $a =~ /\./g by Marshall (Canon) on Jul 25, 2018 at 04:58 UTC
Re^4: Syntax Perl Version support $c = () = $a =~ /\./g by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Jul 18, 2018 at 04:49 UTC
... this is supposed to look like an ASCII emoticon for a type of beard called a goatee. That's not the story I heard. Google can be your (in this case, perhaps rather ambivalent) friend here, but be careful: some things, once seen, cannot be unseen. :) Give a man a fish: `<%-{-{-{-<`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Syntax Perl Version support $c = () = $a =~ /\./g by tobyink (Canon) on Jul 18, 2018 at 08:20 UTC
Ahahahaha! You poor innocent soul. toby döt ink	[reply]