Stephen Turner schreef op 29 januari 2002: > Five programs didn't use $. , of which the shortest is this one from Ton > Hospel in equal third place: > > -ln ($a=aeiouy)=~s!!--&~y-!g;eval"\$|$a--c&&print" 50 ton > > It's another meta-program. The line counting is done by $|-- , although even > that isn't obvious until you've worked out what $a is above.
There is more going on than that. Why does Ton use the variable $| ? Any other variable doesn't work... Eugene
