in reply to Lo, for i am blind

In addition to the other things pointed out already in this thread, I do believe (although I may be wrong: it's early here {grin}) that: 
syntax error near ...

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is a perl 4 error message. Perhaps you should upgrade to something released within the past decade...?

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Re: •Re: Lo, for i am blind
by pfaut (Priest) on May 17, 2003 at 14:22 UTC

    Well, if he's using perl 4, he's not using it on that code or it would be complaining about all those our declarations.

    90% of every Perl application is already written. ⇒
    dragonchild
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Re: Lo, for i am blind
by jcpunk (Friar) on May 17, 2003 at 20:13 UTC
    it is a perl 5.004 error.... if i could upgrade it i would, but it isnt my server and all i can do is petittion for it, which i have... sigh
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