in reply to The 300 (short version)

@sparta = ('soldiers') x 300; die for @sparta;

Updated: fixed per shmem's comment below..man now i'm getting my grammar corrected in perl, thats just harsh! ;)


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Re^2: The 300 (extended short version)
by shmem (Chancellor) on Apr 02, 2007 at 22:18 UTC
    That should be
    @sparta = ('soldier') x 300; # original was: @sparta = 'soldiers' x 30 +0;

    since you don't want to string them together to die all from one blow - although the enemy would surely be scared seeing that monster soldier sparta hydra with 600 feet, as many shields and spears, and 300 heads... :)

    (update: and, btw, the original OP spared one spartan to report the desaster)

    update - and, I like it. It's so.. - well, spartan, i.e. laconic, i.e. succinct :-)

    --shmem

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