in reply to Re: *** japhy's qw is GODLIKE ***
in thread Is Perl less compact than Ruby? (Kind of competition)

And I offer a saving of 1: 
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+/$0,$_%$0
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+ N 5w$N++
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+>6?\$N=0:
w $&+7*p:do{$'};"#eg;s/~/L${\++$i}:\$L=$i;/g;eval

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Re: Re: Re: *** japhy's qw is GODLIKE ***
by japhy (Canon) on Feb 21, 2002 at 08:57 UTC
    Except that = binds tighter than ,, so your code would have to be @n=(@n,@_) instead, which is more characters.

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