From: Marcel Grunauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 10/20/00 12:59:42 PM
> Jonathan Peterson writes:
>
>>Did something happen and was it fun?
>
> We did our usual embrace-and-extend bit, then moved to
> Wagamama. About 15 people attended; Leon briefly tried to
> take over from Dave as fearless leader, but no one
> believed him.
Explain yourself Mr Brocard!
> Wild ideas were bandied about as usual; the 'Approx' word
> was mentioned in different contexts various times.
Oh dear...
> E.g., I had this idea for a Meeting::Approx module that
> would tell you when the next meeting was:
>
> our $meeting = new
>Meeting::Approx->first(Thursday)->following(Tuesday)->butnot(Holiday);
> print $meeting->getdate;
Hmm... you have far too many barewords in there.
Also it seems over-complex. You seems to have fallen into the
trap of believing The McCarroll Heresy. The canonical version
would surely be something
our $meeting = Meeting::Approx->new->first('Thursday');
print $meeting->getdate;
Dave...
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