Greetings, all. Recently my annoyance at my inability to recall certain bits of Perl resulted in this:
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A balance weighed
An offset made
A nation's pride
At least this wide
A pedant's joy
An hungry boy
A sorted set
Some output, yet?
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Exposition:
A balance weighed
The percent sign beginning conversions resembles a set of balances
An offset made
An offset is an index... But I wanted obscurity (until the last line)
A nation's pride
A flag; think "mountain climber planting flag on top of Mt Everest"
A pedant's joy
...namely "precision" (more properly, correctness, but I'm not a pedant)
An hungry boy
Think of a boy eating bytes... how many does he eat? (What type is this value?)
A sorted set
Ordered ~= sorted (sorta); order of arguments.
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The Search For Prior Art (TM) revealed two nodes: quest for perl mnemonics and Mnemonic Devices for Perl Programming. However, both of those are about 7 years old.
Are there any monks who have mnemonics of their own? (Surely in 7 years...) I'd be very happy to discover new mnemonics, or even anything to reduce the amount I have to consult the docs :)
Cheers,
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