in reply to JAPK (Just Another Perl Koan)

Since one is supposed to meditate on a koan, I would think that Meditations would be the fitting place to post koans (or kong-an). I wouldn't think Perl Poetry (although I may have posted one there) is the right place, since koans are not poems. So, where will the Perl Parables go? ;)

Cheers,
KM

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RE: RE: JAPK (Just Another Perl Koan)
by awwaiid (Friar) on Jun 28, 2000 at 03:53 UTC

    I think you should ask perl. 

    print "A Perl Koan is a ",(rand)?'poem.':'meditation.';

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Re: RE: JAPK (Just Another Perl Koan)
by belg4mit (Prior) on Apr 20, 2002 at 06:00 UTC
    I don't think Meditations is the right place. Zazen is forgetting one's self, and my understanding is that koan are simply signposts. On the other hand, many koan are in fact classified as poems such as:
    At our moonviewing party
    there is no one
    with a beautiful face.
    Basho.

    Poetry also seems to be a catchall for non-technical artistic endeavors. Though personally I would like to see a Zen theme, or node where things were renamed and organized (Meditations->Zazen), etc.

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    perl -pew "s/\b;([mnst])/'$1/g"

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