Actually, I disagree and think just the opposite. In many cases, I find that perl is easier to read because of all the "symbols" at the begining of variables and such.
For instance, in Java "String foo;" and in perl "$foo". Now, later in the code, if I see "$foo" in my perl code, I know immediatly that I'm dealing with a scalar, or %foo is a hash, whereas in most other languages I have to either remember the variable declarations or go back and find the variable declaration in the file.
Also, I think alot the supposed unreadability of perl has to do with regex. Since regex is such a basic part of perl, it gets used alot and when you come across "$_ =~ s/^([^ ]*) *([^ ]*)/$2 $1/;" you may attribute the mess of characters to perl when in fact, most of the mess is regex, which exists in many languages.
This is not to say that I haven't see lots of ugly code, perl or otherwise but I don't think perl is really any more difficult to read than other languages.
You can't legally copy entire works from the library, you can only use the original and return it. But nice try.
If you are in need of confirmation of this, try going into a music library and, in front of the clerk, photocopy a symphony. I guarantee you will be stopped.
The reason we are doing this now is because when he violated the cease fire he signed (1992?) in 1998 clinton did nothing about it.
This is not the reason we would be taking action now. The reason we are taking action now is because he is not disarming. If you are referring to him firing on our planes in the no-fly zone, there are two things you should know:
1) The no-fly zone was not a part of the UN accord at the end of the Gulf War; it is something that we tacked on. They don't recognize it, and therefore they are firing on planes that are invading their airspace. If they had planes flying over our airspace, wouldn't you want our country shooting at them?
2) The only thing they have ever hit is an unmanned drone. They have never actually been successful in hitting one of our planes.
Another thing you may or may not realize is that we have bombing Iraq weekly ever since the gulf war ended. It sounds like the people of southern Iraq have almost become accustomed to it; it's just a part of their lives now. This is truly sad.
There is the old discussion about if Linux is truly cheaper to operate in the long run. Is Linux a legitimate solution to school districts facing a financial crunch?
It always seemed like the biggest problem facing school sysadmins was keeping the computers from being trashed by the students. It seems like if they used diskless workstations, it would virtually eliminate the need to pay for somebody to constantly be fixing hosed machines. If someone screws up a workstation, just reboot it and voila! it's fixed.
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Salon.com could give google access to a few, but not all, of their articles. Then I could try it before I buy it, without having to give them my name and cc info.
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NYTimes.com lets google run over their articles without subscribing. That way, you can read the entire article without subscribing by accessing it through google news.
Salon.com, on the other hand, lets you read the first couple of paragraphs and then you have to pay. I've never been interested enough by those first couple of paragraphs to pay anything. At least with the google news method, you could read a few articles without paying, and that way you would know whether you would be interested in paying for more.
Finally got sick of maintaining those installs instead of doing work with the computer (and happen to need MS Office to exchange xls spreadsheets with my CPA)
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They already use systems like this to track semis, it's called AVL (Automatic Vehicle Location).
You can find the results of a study done on this system, including benefits and costs here
Actually, I disagree and think just the opposite. In many cases, I find that perl is easier to read because of all the "symbols" at the begining of variables and such.
For instance, in Java "String foo;" and in perl "$foo". Now, later in the code, if I see "$foo" in my perl code, I know immediatly that I'm dealing with a scalar, or %foo is a hash, whereas in most other languages I have to either remember the variable declarations or go back and find the variable declaration in the file.
Also, I think alot the supposed unreadability of perl has to do with regex. Since regex is such a basic part of perl, it gets used alot and when you come across "$_ =~ s/^([^ ]*) *([^ ]*)/$2 $1/;" you may attribute the mess of characters to perl when in fact, most of the mess is regex, which exists in many languages.
This is not to say that I haven't see lots of ugly code, perl or otherwise but I don't think perl is really any more difficult to read than other languages.
I never paid to get into a library.
Forwarded to evasion@irs.gov.
It's called a "library".
You can't legally copy entire works from the library, you can only use the original and return it. But nice try.
If you are in need of confirmation of this, try going into a music library and, in front of the clerk, photocopy a symphony. I guarantee you will be stopped.
The reason we are doing this now is because when he violated the cease fire he signed (1992?) in 1998 clinton did nothing about it.
This is not the reason we would be taking action now. The reason we are taking action now is because he is not disarming. If you are referring to him firing on our planes in the no-fly zone, there are two things you should know:
1) The no-fly zone was not a part of the UN accord at the end of the Gulf War; it is something that we tacked on. They don't recognize it, and therefore they are firing on planes that are invading their airspace. If they had planes flying over our airspace, wouldn't you want our country shooting at them?
2) The only thing they have ever hit is an unmanned drone. They have never actually been successful in hitting one of our planes.
Another thing you may or may not realize is that we have bombing Iraq weekly ever since the gulf war ended. It sounds like the people of southern Iraq have almost become accustomed to it; it's just a part of their lives now. This is truly sad.
There is the old discussion about if Linux is truly cheaper to operate in the long run. Is Linux a legitimate solution to school districts facing a financial crunch?
It always seemed like the biggest problem facing school sysadmins was keeping the computers from being trashed by the students. It seems like if they used diskless workstations, it would virtually eliminate the need to pay for somebody to constantly be fixing hosed machines. If someone screws up a workstation, just reboot it and voila! it's fixed.
Economics from the viewpoint of beer guzzling hillbillies.
Details details :-D
Salon.com could give google access to a few, but not all, of their articles. Then I could try it before I buy it, without having to give them my name and cc info.
NYTimes.com lets google run over their articles without subscribing. That way, you can read the entire article without subscribing by accessing it through google news.
Salon.com, on the other hand, lets you read the first couple of paragraphs and then you have to pay. I've never been interested enough by those first couple of paragraphs to pay anything. At least with the google news method, you could read a few articles without paying, and that way you would know whether you would be interested in paying for more.
Finally got sick of maintaining those installs instead of doing work with the computer (and happen to need MS Office to exchange xls spreadsheets with my CPA)
Install debian to relieve your maintainance woes.
Install wine to relieve your MS Office woes.
Problem solved!
...a beowolf cluster of Space Invaders?