Re: where to edit man pages for perl?

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Re^2: where to edit man pages for perl? by tobyink (Canon) on Jul 29, 2012 at 07:50 UTC
Perhaps all those "Hello World" examples are offensive to some? `perl -E'sub Monkey::do{say$_,for@_,do{($monkey=[caller(0)]->[3])=~s{::}{ }and$monkey}}"Monkey say"->Monkey::do'`	[reply]
Re^3: where to edit man pages for perl? by CountZero (Bishop) on Jul 29, 2012 at 18:25 UTC
Indeed, as an atheist I would like to be greeted with "WorldO"! CountZero A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James My blog: Imperial Deltronics	[reply]
Re^2: where to edit man pages for perl? by toro (Beadle) on Jul 30, 2012 at 00:07 UTC
I would rather not get into it on perlmonks. Such discussions never go well.	[reply]
Re^3: where to edit man pages for perl? by CountZero (Bishop) on Jul 30, 2012 at 08:40 UTC
I just wanted to know because I am preparing a Perl course to be taught within the company I am working and I would like to avoid any embarrassment. I am working for an American company and they can have some weird views on what is offensive or not. But do send me a personal message if you'd rather not bring it out in the open. CountZero A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James My blog: Imperial Deltronics	[reply]
Re^4: where to edit man pages for perl? by toro (Beadle) on Jul 30, 2012 at 20:53 UTC
CountZero, that is worth being concerned about. But I don't think this tutorial will affect you in that situation.	[reply]
Re^3: where to edit man pages for perl? by Anonymous Monk on Jul 30, 2012 at 04:20 UTC
I would rather not get into it on perlmonks. Such discussions never go well. Might as well, FWIW, any suggested change you make is public, and it will get discussed I found nothing in the tutorials with `use Regexp::Common qw /profanity/;` but I did find these :) perl\dump.c : 1285 : crap perl\Porting\epigraphs.pod : 35 : crap perl\Porting\make_snapshot.pl : 8 : crap perl\os2\Changes : 166 : hard on perl\vms\vms.c : 12147 : hard on perl\vms\vms.c : 13500 : hard on perl\cpan\CGI\Changes : 1391 : crapping perl\cpan\CPAN\Changes : 75 : crap perl\t\re\re_tests : 1098 : crap perl\t\re\re_tests : 1098 : crap perl\cpan\Archive-Tar\lib\Archive\Tar.pm : 498 : crappy perl\cpan\ExtUtils-MakeMaker\t\lib\MakeMaker\Test\NoXS.pm : 13 : crap perl\cpan\Module-Build\lib\Module\Build\Platform\MacOS.pm : 25 : crap [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: where to edit man pages for perl? by toro (Beadle) on Jul 30, 2012 at 20:32 UTC
OK then. `man perlpacktut` uses "Ahmed's Camel Emporium" as an example and I suggest that be changed to "Zed's Camel Emporium".	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: where to edit man pages for perl? by Anonymous Monk on Aug 01, 2012 at 01:37 UTC
Re^6: where to edit man pages for perl? by toro (Beadle) on Aug 01, 2012 at 07:13 UTC
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