in reply to Re^3: adding non printable characters in perl's print function
in thread adding non printable characters in perl's print function

The purpose of my snippet was not to improve yours, let alone correct it. Yours having fulfilled its purpose, I added it as a kind of second step.

Actually, I only posted it for the little sleep( /\d/) hack. I thought that (and its purpose) made it mildly interesting.

Anno

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