Re^2: Teaching perl over lunch

... having carefully worked out your solution previously to ensure your demo goes smoothly ...

Famous last words . . . :)

(Keep in mind one of the the corollaries to one of to Clarke's Laws: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo." )

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Re^3: Teaching perl over lunch by chargrill (Parson) on Jul 27, 2007 at 21:57 UTC
I know my demonstrations won't go smoothly, so I record them as screencasts ahead of time. I still manage to bungle whatever it is i'm trying to do while recording, but a little deft editing makes quick work of silly typos and "duh" moments while I'm trying to figure out why something that ought to work doesn't. --chargrill `s*lil; $=join'',sort split q; s;.;grr; &&s+(.(.)).+$2$1+; $; = qq-$_-;s,.,ahc,;$,.=chop for split q,,,reverse;print for($,,$;,$,$/)` [download]	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^3: Teaching perl over lunch
by chargrill (Parson) on Jul 27, 2007 at 21:57 UTC

I know my demonstrations won't go smoothly, so I record them as screencasts ahead of time. I still manage to bungle whatever it is i'm trying to do while recording, but a little deft editing makes quick work of silly typos and "duh" moments while I'm trying to figure out why something that ought to work doesn't.

--chargrill

s**lil*;  $*=join'',sort split q**;  s;.*;grr; &&s+(.(.)).+$2$1+; $; =
qq-$_-;s,.*,ahc,;$,.=chop for split q,,,reverse;print for($,,$;,$*,$/)
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