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Perl-Users Digest, Issue: 4117 Volume: 11
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Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 13:09:02 -0800 (PST)
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Perl-Users Digest Thu, 16 Jan 2014 Volume: 11 Number: 4117
Today's topics:
Pod links to manpages <petterih@iki.fi>
Thanks Perl <gravitalsun@hotmail.foo>
Re: Thanks Perl <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com>
Re: Thanks Perl <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com>
Re: Thanks Perl <xhoster@gmail.com>
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Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 02:17:41 +0200
From: Petteri Hintsanen <petterih@iki.fi>
Subject: Pod links to manpages
Message-Id: <87fvoord96.fsf@iki.fi>
perlpodstyle(1) states:
"References to other man pages should be in the form
"manpage(section)" or ""L<manpage(section)>"", and Pod::Man will
automatically format those appropriately. Both will render as
manpage(section). The second form, with L<>, is used to request that
a POD formatter make a link to the man page if possible."
and
"Man page references, if they use the standard "name(section)" form,
don't have to be enclosed in L<> (although it's recommended)"
However, when using L<> for manpage references, podchecker gives a
warning. Pod::Checker(3) describes the warning as follows:
"There is a section detected in the page name of L<...>, e.g.
"L<passwd(2)>". POD hyperlinks may point to POD documents only.
Please write "C<passwd(2)>" instead. Some formatters are able to
expand this to appropriate code."
This is confusing. What is the recommended form?
Thanks,
Petteri.
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Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 20:07:00 +0200
From: George Mpouras <gravitalsun@hotmail.foo>
Subject: Thanks Perl
Message-Id: <lb6io3$2nsk$1@news.ntua.gr>
I really love Perl. It is not perfect, but for me is the best practical
programming tool I ever used ( fortran77, pascal, basic, tcl, powershell )
It makes my life easier , and sometimes I enjoy other people expressions
using fancy ide/languages when i tell them that the x task is finished !
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Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 22:32:50 +0000
From: Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com>
Subject: Re: Thanks Perl
Message-Id: <87ob3clvu5.fsf@sable.mobileactivedefense.com>
George Mpouras <gravitalsun@hotmail.foo> writes:
> I really love Perl. It is not perfect, but for me is the best
> practical programming tool I ever used ( fortran77, pascal, basic,
> tcl, powershell )
>
> It makes my life easier , and sometimes I enjoy other people
> expressions using fancy ide/languages when i tell them that the x task
> is finished !
One of the mottos associated with Perl is "Make the simple things simple
and the complicated ones possible". I've generally found that it lives
up to that reputation.
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Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 22:34:59 +0000
From: Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com>
Subject: Re: Thanks Perl
Message-Id: <87k3e0lvqk.fsf@sable.mobileactivedefense.com>
Rainer Weikusat <rweikusat@mobileactivedefense.com> writes:
> George Mpouras <gravitalsun@hotmail.foo> writes:
>> I really love Perl. It is not perfect, but for me is the best
>> practical programming tool I ever used ( fortran77, pascal, basic,
>> tcl, powershell )
>>
>> It makes my life easier , and sometimes I enjoy other people
>> expressions using fancy ide/languages when i tell them that the x task
>> is finished !
>
> One of the mottos associated with Perl is "Make the simple things simple
> and the complicated ones possible". I've generally found that it lives
> up to that reputation.
Addition: This puts it at the opposite end of the spectrum as Java which
seems to have been designed to "make the simple things so hideously
complicated that the morons won't even try to do anything complicated"
:->.
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Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 17:40:46 -0800
From: Xho Jingleheimerschmidt <xhoster@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Thanks Perl
Message-Id: <lb7l5q$j23$1@dont-email.me>
On 01/15/14 10:07, George Mpouras wrote:
> I really love Perl. It is not perfect, but for me is the best
> practical programming tool I ever used ( fortran77, pascal, basic,
> tcl, powershell )
>
> It makes my life easier , and sometimes I enjoy other people
> expressions using fancy ide/languages when i tell them that the x
> task is finished !
Amen.
Thanks guys.
Xho
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