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Perl-Users Digest, Issue: 8511 Volume: 10
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Tue Oct 11 11:05:18 2005
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 08:05:04 -0700 (PDT)
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Perl-Users Digest Tue, 11 Oct 2005 Volume: 10 Number: 8511
Today's topics:
Re: Problem signing on to AIM with Net::AOLIM <djames@thehub.com.au>
Re: why the perl docs suck <tadmc@augustmail.com>
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Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 12:00:01 GMT
From: Damian James <djames@thehub.com.au>
Subject: Re: Problem signing on to AIM with Net::AOLIM
Message-Id: <slrndkn8ft.1h7.djames@puli.home>
On Mon, 10 Oct 2005 17:35:20 -0700, MrReallyVeryNice said:
> Bill Segraves wrote:
>>
>> OTOH, if you "execute"
>> use strict;
>> use warnings;
>> use StRiCt;
>> use Warnings;
>> $value = 'this and that';
>> print $value;
>>
>
> Errors seems to be system specific. With (Windows XP / Active State Perl
> 5.8 build806), when I "execute" the script that you provided above, I
> simply get:
[snippage]
> Your conclusions seems to be valid with IndigoPerl.
<speculation type='idle'>
ActivePerl lowercases module names in %INC?
</speculation>
--Damian
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Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 08:39:41 -0500
From: Tad McClellan <tadmc@augustmail.com>
Subject: Re: why the perl docs suck
Message-Id: <slrndkng4t.ven.tadmc@magna.augustmail.com>
Fred@fred.net <Fred@fred.net> wrote:
> But I had to laugh when we found
> this gem in the hallowed "docs";
> looking for info on push() we find this helpful entry in
> the help files:
>
> push ARRAY,LIST
>
> Treats ARRAY as a stack, and pushes the values of LIST onto the end of
> ARRAY.
If you don't know what a stack is, then you should ask what a stack is.
> I don't fucking *want*
This may come as a shock, but Perl does not exist to please you.
> I wan't a fucking answer right now!
You will get more responses to your job offer if you mention
what compensation will be provided.
> I did not need to be sent off into oblivion by a manual written by
> idiots.
Then choose some programming language whose manual is not written by idiots.
--
Tad McClellan SGML consulting
tadmc@augustmail.com Perl programming
Fort Worth, Texas
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