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Sat Jul 13 01:35:13 1991
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 91 01:34:42 EDT
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ambar (Jean Marie Diaz):
From: gypsy@alembic.acs.com (the dark girl)
Newsgroups: talk.bizarre,rec.sports.billiards
Subject: josephine bonkers goes to the pool hall
Message-ID: <1991Jul1.035020.11247@alembic.acs.com>
Date: 1 Jul 91 03:50:20 GMT
Organization: igneous consciousness
so this evening, we decided to teach the new kitten,
josephine bonkers, to play pool. at first we thought
she had gotten the idea, since she kept pushing the
balls into the holes. then, though, she started
pushing the balls near the holes and putting her paw
down the hole instead. finally we realised that she
was trying to teach the balls to go down the holes by
themselves. first she would maneuver the ball near the
hole, then she would point. if it didn't go down, she
would try to pull it toward the hole, which of course
pushed it away. she would chase it, herd it back
toward the hole, and then rise up on her haunches and
try to scare it into the hole. once she finally got it
into the hole, she would follow it down to the end to
make sure it got there okay. that was where she got
stuck... right now she's down there trying to get them
to go back up onto the table.
they're not getting the idea.
gypsy
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gypsy@popeet!c3.com women and elephants never forget
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bjaspan (Barr3y Jaspan):
Out of town and without net-access for a whole week.. wow, what a
thought. Hopefully nothing drastic will happen while I'm gone.
:-)
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chiharu (Chiharu Osawa):
Jul 14-24 out of town
Jul 25 11:00 Road Test
Aug 1 Tech.Japanese Course Dinner
Aug 19-23 Summer Session (Multivariable Control)
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Visualization and Data Management in Transportation
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marc (Marc Horowitz):
The Perl Purity Test
Version 1.00, July 10, 1991
Written by Jeff Okamoto
With Help from Tom Christiansen
This is similar to other Purity Tests, of which perhaps the most famous is
the Unisex, Omnisexual Purity Test that can be found in soc.singles.
Additions are welcome. Please send them to okamoto@ranma.corp.hp.com or
..!hplabs!hpcc01!okamoto.
All questions begin with "Have you ever..." Answer each question with a
"yes" or "no". Keep track of how many "yes" answers you give. When
finished, subtract that number from the total number of questions, then
divide by the number of questions to get a percentage. This percentage
is your perl purity.
There are 114 questions in this version.
Usage
... rewritten a Unix command in perl?
... rewritten a DOS command in perl?
... emulated a kernel feature inside a program in perl?
... written a compressor/decompressor using pack?
... written scripts that generate other scripts?
... used undocumented features?
Variables
... used reserved keywords as variable names?
... used $x, @x, and %x in a script?
... used $x, @x, %x, and *x in a script?
... not gotten confused when you used $x, @x, %x, and *x all in that script?
... written a script with no alphabetic characters in it?
... no alphanumeric characters in it?
... used variables with control-characters other than ones already defined?
Lists
... used lists of lists?
Associative Arrays
... used associative array operators on the main symbol table?
Functions
... used functions to create other variables or functions?
... written a function that returns different types? (e.g., scalar, list, etc.)
... called a subroutine with the & operator and no arguments so that the
child function inherited what remains of the caller's argument
stack, @_?
... changed function definitions on the fly?
... used wantarray?
Loop Controls
... used do BLOCK inside an EXPR?
... used loop controls (e.g., last, next, etc.) from inside a signal handler?
Operators
... used the scalar ".." operator?
... used it with things other than line numbers of regexps?
... used syscall?
Searching and Replacing
... used the /e switch?
... used it twice in one expression?
... used it more than twice in one expression?
Handles
... used arrays of file handles?
... used indirect file handles?
... used a directory handle as a file handle?
... and gotten away with it?
... used a file handle as a directory handle?
... and gotten away with it?
Regexps
... used all nine sets of parentheses in a regexp?
... used more than nine sets of parentheses in a regexp?
... used nested parentheses in a regexp?
... wished for an equivalent to LISP's meta-close character "]",
which closes all currently open parentheses?
Grep
... used grep on non-arrays?
... nested grep within another grep (for a total of two greps)?
... nested up to five greps within one statement?
... nested more thann five greps within one statement?
Evals
... written self-modifying evals?
... used eval to test for features your brain-damaged version of Unix
doesn't have?
... used eval/die to emulate setjmp/longjmp?
... nested an eval inside another eval (for a total of two nested evals)?
... used up to five nested evals?
... used more than five nested evals?
References
... used references?
... used lists of references?
... used associative arrays of references?
... lost your referents and didn't care?
I/O
... used stream sockets?
... used datagram sockets?
... used RPC?
Debugging
... used the -D flag?
... used the -D1024 flag?
... figured out what all that debugging info meant?
... used the perl debugger?
... modified the perl debugger?
Packages
... written your own package?
... used packages to emulate structures?
... referenced a package's symbol table via %_packagename?
User Subroutines
... written a subroutine to be linked in with uperl.o so that your routine
can be called from a perl script?
... replaced your version of perl with a version that has your subroutine(s)?
Scoping
... abused dynamic scoping by fudging @ARGV?
... abused dynamic scoping and changed the names of functions?
h2ph
... debugged the result of h2ph?
... hacked on h2ph?
The Source of Taintedness
... used taintperl?
... tried to subvert the TAINT checks?
... read the source to see what happens if you successfully subvert the TAINT
checks?
... changed the source to change what happens if you successfully subvert the
TAINT checks?
... tried to read the source?
... found the comment "/* Heavy wizardry */" other than by deliberately
searching for it now that you know it exists?
The Author, the Hacker, and the Proselytizer
... sent mail to Larry asking for help?
... sent mail to Larry reporting a bug in perl?
... sent mail to Larry requesting a feature?
... gotten a reply from Larry (as opposed to his autoreplier)?
... gotten more than ten autoreplies from Larry?
... sent mail to Randal asking for help?
... sent mail to Randal reporting a bug in perl?
... sent mail to Randal with an idea for a JAPH script?
... sent mail to Tom asking for help?
... sent mail to Tom reporting a bug in perl?
... sent mail to Tom pointing out an error in his slides?
... had a requested feature be included in a subsequent set of patches?
... had up to five requested features included?
... had more than five requested features included?
Trivia
... written a "Just another Perl hacker" script?
... written five or less JAPH scripts?
... written more than five JAPH scripts?
... written any perl poems?
... run these perl poems?
Other Fun Stuff
... used unquoted strings?
... used them unintentionally?
... done a seek on __DATA__?
... tried to use a bi-directional pipe?
... realized why this is a waste of time?
... used co-routines in a perl script?
... written a script that used command-line switches?
... used up to five command-line switches?
... more than five command-line switches?
... written a script with its own man page embedded in it?
The Torah and Talmud of Perl
... referred to the Perl book?
... bought the Perl book?
... bought multiple copies because you wore out the previous copies?
... own more than one copy of the Perl book?
... own more than five copies?
... wondered why Larry and Randall chose a camel for the cover?
... found out why Larry and Randall chose a camel?
... read comp.lang.perl?
... posted to comp.lang.perl?
... applied a kill file to comp.lang.perl?
Perl is Copyright (c) 1989, 1990, 1991 by Larry Wall
The Perl Book, "Programming Perl", is written by Larry Wall and
Randal L. Schwartz, published by O'Reilly and Associates, Inc.
ISBN 0-937175-64-1
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mjbauer (Thanatos):
Life is like a spider.
It is furry and has eight legs.
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mjdaly (Mark J Daly):
Strat '78 Standings
NY Yankees 19 11 .633
Boston 9 3 1 .750
Pittsburgh 15 12 2.5 .555
Houston 3 3 4 .500
Los Angeles 0 0 4 ---
Texas 6 9 5.5 .400
Baltimore 3 6 5.5 .333
Montreal 2 10 8 .166
LEADERS
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AVG | SLG | OBA
Cruz, HOU .368 | Murray, BAL .833 | Cruz, HOU .455
Murray, BAL .361 | Scott, BOS .735 | Singleton, BAL .455
Hargrove,TEX .343 | Stargell, PIT .679 | Hargrove, TEX .439
Stargell,PIT .333 | Singleton,BAL .629 | Yastrzemski,BOS .382
Lynn, BOS .320 | Rice, BOS .612 |
HRs | RBIs | Runs | SB - CS
Stargell, PIT 6 | Stargell,PIT 18 | Parker, PIT 27 | Moreno, PIT 8-2
Murray, BAL 5 | Murray, BAL 16 | Stargell, PIT 27 | Bumbry, BAL 4-0
Rice, BOS 4 | Parker, PIT 15 | | Remy, BOS 2-0
Scott,Evans BOS | Scott, BOS 10 | | Cabell, HOU 2-1
Grubb,Harrah TEX 3 | Rice, BOS 9 | | Wills, TEX 2-1
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