END { print " \n" } sub I { $_ } sub II { -shift } sub III { chr shift } sub IV { $_[ 0 ] + $_[ 1 ] } sub V { IV( 0 ,1 ) } sub VI { IV( V , II( V ) ) } sub VII { IV( V ,V )} sub VIII { IV( V, II( shift ) ) } sub IX { $_[ VI ] **VII } sub X { IX( VII ) } sub XI { IV( VII, V )} sub XII { IX( IX( XI ) ) } sub XIII { IV( X, V ) } sub XIV { IV( IX( X ) , II( XI ) ) } sub XV { ( XIV, @_ ) }sub XVI { $_[ VI ] ** XI }sub XVII { IX( XVI( VII ) )} sub XVIII { IV( XVI( VII ) , II( V ) ) } sub XIX { IV( XVI ( VII ), VII ) } sub XX { $_[ VI ] * $_[ V ] } my $XVI = IV( XX( VII , XVIII ) , II( XIV ) ); for( ( IV( XVII , IX( XI ) ) , IV( IX( XVIII ) , VIII( XVIII ) ) , II( VII ), V , II( IV( XVII, XX( VII , XIX ) ) ) , XX( XIV ,XIII ) ,XV( V ,XIII , VIII( XIV ) , II( XI ) , ) , XV ( II( IV( V ,XII ) ), XX( XI ,IX( X ) ) ,XX( XI, XVIII ) , ) , XV( VIII( XVIII ) , IV( XIII , II( XII )) , XX ( X , XX( VII , IX( XI ) ) ) , II( XVIII ) , VII , XVI ( VII ) , IV( VII , XVI( II( VII ) ) ) ,) , XV( II( IV ( XIII, XX( XIII, XIV )))))) { $XVI += I and print III $XVI }

Programming X Windows is like trying to find the square root of pi using roman numerals. -- Jamie Zawinski

- another intruder with the mooring in the heart of the Perl


In reply to The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by grinder

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