Argh... perl comments... I don't want hashed comments, I want C++-style comments! But that's nitpicking:)
You have a very valid point:) It's just far far easier to obfuscate perl than with other common languages. At least in my own limited experience.
Have you ever played Perl Golf? Looking at the answers to that competition makes my brain cry. But then, I suppose that's the point:)
Has anyone ever made a Perl IDE? And I don't mean vi... I might be interested in using some sort of VisualStudio-style IDE, if one existed. Maybe as an add-on to Eclipse? I'm very big about function prototypes and having "outlined" displays of code. It better fits my compulsion towards laziness.
sub MyFunction {
my ($line1, $line2) = @_;
print $line1 . "\n" . $line2; }
People argue with me endlessly that perl's method "isn't a hassle". I use Eclipse to edit PHP, and thanks to an add-on, whenever I'm working on a PHP page, I have instant access to every function and object in that file, complete with the function prototype - at a glance, I can see what any given function needs as input. And, given the fact that all of those variables in the prototype are named, one can indirectly provide information on what the whole function is intended to do, if the function name and variable names are written properly.
I suppose there's always the alternative.
sub MyPerlFunctionWhatTakesTwoScalarVariablesAndPrints ThemOnSeparateLines {}
I don't really want to get that close to perl, thank you very much.
I'm sure perl's a nice language and all, and I've even used it on a few occasions. However, the syntax and the shortcuts, while being somewhat useful, and somewhat faster, do NOT tickle my fancy. I prefer to code in languages where I can look at the code after nine months, and still have a vague idea of what's going on.
Perl's great for quick one-off scripts (and slashdot jokes), but suitable for complex projects it ain't.
I read a recent story on Canada.com about a Vancouver station playing songs from the new Radiohead album that they downloaded from the net...
Yay! The return of Pirate Radio!
And with great software like TuneTracker (at http://www.beosradio.com/ ), it's easier than ever to run a professional-level radio station with a low low budget.
Slashdot needs SpamAssassin for comments:) If your comment triggers as 3.5 or higher, it should yell "YOU FAIL IT!" at the user. Automatic 3.0 points if you're an AC.
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Hmm, you could be right. I was thinking, of course, of "Newman" ... I dunno.
"Neumann!"
As soon as I saw this story, WinAmp started playing "Freak on a Leash"
/*
Sometimes I like to write big long descriptions of any moderately-complex procedures being stored in a file.
I really don't like having to put a hash in front of each line.
It gets rather cumbersone and ugly after a while.
*/
PHP supports variable-length argument lists as well - perhaps not as effortlessly as Perl, but it's there if you need it. I've never needed it.
... I naturally assumed that the movie would be chock full of rockin' sex scenes.
Ah well. I was thinking "18A", not "14A". I'm depressed now.
Argh ... perl comments ... I don't want hashed comments, I want C++-style comments! But that's nitpicking :)
:) It's just far far easier to obfuscate perl than with other common languages. At least in my own limited experience.
:)
... I might be interested in using some sort of VisualStudio-style IDE, if one existed. Maybe as an add-on to Eclipse? I'm very big about function prototypes and having "outlined" displays of code. It better fits my compulsion towards laziness.
You have a very valid point
Have you ever played Perl Golf? Looking at the answers to that competition makes my brain cry. But then, I suppose that's the point
Has anyone ever made a Perl IDE? And I don't mean vi
s/ellegance/elegance/ :)
use Perl or die();
... well ... Windows crap. Gawd I hate MFC. But that's another story.
s ThemOnSeparateLines {}
I use PHP for web interfaces, Perl for unix scripts, and C++ for
PHP's function handling has a certain ellegance that Perl seems to totally and completely lack.
function MyFunction($line1, $line2)
{
print $line1 . "\n" . $line2;
}
vs.
sub MyFunction {
my ($line1, $line2) = @_;
print $line1 . "\n" . $line2;
}
People argue with me endlessly that perl's method "isn't a hassle". I use Eclipse to edit PHP, and thanks to an add-on, whenever I'm working on a PHP page, I have instant access to every function and object in that file, complete with the function prototype - at a glance, I can see what any given function needs as input. And, given the fact that all of those variables in the prototype are named, one can indirectly provide information on what the whole function is intended to do, if the function name and variable names are written properly.
I suppose there's always the alternative.
sub MyPerlFunctionWhatTakesTwoScalarVariablesAndPrint
But like I said, I prefer PHP's method.
I don't really want to get that close to perl, thank you very much.
I'm sure perl's a nice language and all, and I've even used it on a few occasions. However, the syntax and the shortcuts, while being somewhat useful, and somewhat faster, do NOT tickle my fancy. I prefer to code in languages where I can look at the code after nine months, and still have a vague idea of what's going on.
Perl's great for quick one-off scripts (and slashdot jokes), but suitable for complex projects it ain't.
s/perl/crap/ig
Heheh ... I suppose "Io" is a very appropriate name for a server.
A moon is when you bend over and show Uranus to someone.
Umm, the direct URL for TuneTracker should be: http://www.tunetrackersystems.com And let's not forget the URL to the story I mentioned.
I read a recent story on Canada.com about a Vancouver station playing songs from the new Radiohead album that they downloaded from the net ...
Yay! The return of Pirate Radio!
And with great software like TuneTracker (at http://www.beosradio.com/ ), it's easier than ever to run a professional-level radio station with a low low budget.
lol :) well, yes - hopefully I didn't offend you, though.
Root on your own server from $25/mo
What a novel idea, charging people a monthly fee so they can access their own server. Don't touch my FreeBSD machine.
(Oh, wait, you probably do some sort of co-lo service
spamspamspamspam ...
:) If your comment triggers as 3.5 or higher, it should yell "YOU FAIL IT!" at the user. Automatic 3.0 points if you're an AC.
Oh, and gobe is back in business! But I guess that's spam too, or at least off-topic.
Slashdot needs SpamAssassin for comments
So can the SPCA. It sucks. But whatever ... at least we don't have a monkey in charge.
And soon! Soon we will have a Manley leader!
(John Manley, that is)
Times like this, I'm glad I'm Canadian ...
This just in: new socks could rejuvenated my sock drawer!
... I think their QoS would go waaay downhill :(
I'd buy a google IPO if I had any money, but
My work has one of those ... it's shit. Can't even share it over the LAN for printing, because of the stupid drivers.
I'll never buy anything from Lexmark.
this.
:)
Some of you may already have read it, but it's on-topic nonetheless.
Yeah, my work has a really nice HP laser printer, works great - RedHat+Samba serve it up for the LAN.
... heheh :)
My Canon BJC-610 at home is another story, though. It hasn't printed anything since early 2002
that I hate printers? They're clunky, they rarely work right, and the ink costs a fortune.
... I hates them!
Dirty smelly nasty printersesses
Your motherboard has finished. Don't forget to ground it properly!