[10985] in Perl-Users-Digest
Perl-Users Digest, Issue: 4585 Volume: 8
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perl-Users Digest)
Fri Jan 8 08:07:26 1999
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 99 05:00:19 -0800
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Perl-Users Digest Fri, 8 Jan 1999 Volume: 8 Number: 4585
Today's topics:
Re: If Larry Wall's listening out there.... <dgris@moiraine.dimensional.com>
Re: NT User Admin Script (Gareth Jones)
Special: Digest Administrivia (Last modified: 12 Dec 98 (Perl-Users-Digest Admin)
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Date: 08 Jan 1999 05:55:10 -0700
From: Daniel Grisinger <dgris@moiraine.dimensional.com>
Subject: Re: If Larry Wall's listening out there....
Message-Id: <m3zp7t9b69.fsf@moiraine.dimensional.com>
rjk@linguist.dartmouth.edu (Ronald J Kimball) writes:
> I write all my Perl programs by hand, on sheets of 8.5 x 11 paper. When
> I'm ready to test them, I scan them and use OCR to get plain text files.
> If there are bugs, I correct the handwritten pages and scan them in
> again.
Wow! You get to use paper? Lucky bastard. :-)
We're stuck using a hammer and chisel to etch all of our perl
code in letters 4 inches high on a 12' x 20' sheet of granite.
After that we use a sophisticated 3 dimensional scanner to generate
an image of the code suitable for conversion to ascii. If there
is a mistake, we simply amend the requirements documentation (which
is stored in HTML, rather than fixing the code).
> Unfortunately, my OCR software often has trouble distinguishing between
> periods and commas, so when I try to run my Perl scripts they don't
> compile.
Sounds like you need to institute new `quality-of-penmanship' standards
to guarantee proper code generation. For just $5000/hour I can come in
and provide you with a complete set of guidelines and a reproducible
process guaranteed to inprove anybody's perl penmanship. You'll find
that your network runs better, you'll sleep better at night, world peace
will be achieved, and you'll be free from the heartbreak of psoriasis.*
dgris
*- Some restrictions apply. Hammer, chisel, and large sheet of granite
not included. In clinical testing some subjects showed an improvement
in perl-penmanship but these results were not uniform. If you are pregnant
or nursing please consult a doctor. No animals were harmed in the
making of this product.
--
Daniel Grisinger dgris@moiraine.dimensional.com
perl -Mre=eval -e'$_=shift;;@[=split//;;$,=qq;\n;;;print
m;(.{$-}(?{$-++}));,q;;while$-<=@[;;' 'Just Another Perl Hacker'
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Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 12:46:05 GMT
From: gareth@ibis.demon.co.uk (Gareth Jones)
Subject: Re: NT User Admin Script
Message-Id: <369850d5.3211156@news.demon.co.uk>
lchuck@home.com wrote:
>Hello to all. I am an intern in a large company and I am desperately trying
>to fight my way up the corporate ladder. What I am attempting to do is to
>find or write a script in Perl that can create, copy, and manipulate users in
>our Windows NT domain. It would need to be able to accept input, in the form
>of a name, and then find out it that name already exists and if it does, put
>a number after the user name in order to make it unique. Can anyone tell me
>if something like this exists or at least tell me which modules to use. If
>it does not exist, I will write/develop it, as I learn Perl, and then post it
>for anyone to use if they wish. Thanks a bunch.
O'Reilly's book on NT User Administration is pretty good for this and
has a high perl content. If you don't want to get the book, at least
go to the O'Reilly website, look up the book, and click on the
examples link - you'll be able to download some sample scripts that
should get you started.
Gareth
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Date: 12 Dec 98 21:33:47 GMT (Last modified)
From: Perl-Request@ruby.oce.orst.edu (Perl-Users-Digest Admin)
Subject: Special: Digest Administrivia (Last modified: 12 Dec 98)
Message-Id: <null>
Administrivia:
Well, after 6 months, here's the answer to the quiz: what do we do about
comp.lang.perl.moderated. Answer: nothing.
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]Date: 21 Sep 1998 19:53:43 -0700
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