| From: | Andy Wanless |
| Date: | 5 Sep 2000 at 01:20:42 |
| Subject: | Neil's Perl Jealousy ;) (Was: Re: Issue 12) |
On 5 Sep 2000, Neil Bothwick wrote:
>
> $/\*[&^]&"%£^&$&**$"£%!%%"%^*(
A quick perl -e on that reveals...
Backslash found where operator expected at -e line 1, near "$/\"
(Missing operator before \?)
syntax error at -e line 1, near "$/\"
Unmatched right bracket at -e line 1, at end of line
Final $ should be \$ or $name at -e line 1, within string
Unrecognized character \243 at -e line 1.
That's not Perl, that's just taking the piss ;)
No, really, it did give that message about "That's not Perl". Well, it
didn't, but it probably should. Larry Wall is quite amusing, so I wouldn't
put it past him.
Perl is perfectly readable, it's just the error messages that aren't
particularly helpful at times ;)
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