/o considered harmful

I mentioned in chatter that /o is something to avoid these days, which lead the conversation to /go, then /gosex, the proposal for /z to allow /sexgizmo, and much else that I don't clearly recall.

Unfortunately, it eventually lead to me writing this:

sub ing{ grep s o\..*o\nos,$@ } sub sex { "no sex" }
s/s/sex/gimmesex, die ing for sex
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...which just goes to show how harmful /o can be...

Note: Requires Perl v5.6 or later.

- tye (no, I can't believe I put my name on this)

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Form Follows Function (or, Once an Editor, Always an Editor) by adamsj (Hermit) on Jan 26, 2002 at 20:54 UTC
Don't you find it a little more evocative like this: `sub ing{ grep s o\..*o\nos,$@ } sub sex { "no sex" } s/s/sex/gimmesex, die ing for sex` [download] adamsj The key to life is honesty and fair dealing. Once you can fake that, you've got it made. --Groucho Marx	[reply] [d/l]
Re: /o considered harmful by strfry() (Monk) on Jan 25, 2002 at 23:57 UTC
this should've been cross-posted to Poetry, imho.. (: ++! - strfry()	[reply]