>>>>> "DH" == Dave Hodgkinson <daveh...@gmail.com> writes:
DH> On 30 May 2011, at 22:17, Uri Guttman wrote: >> DH> No. Real people want to solve real world problems in a simple, DH> maintainable way, not wave around a canapé sized penis. >> >> you have a strange way of measuring genitals. real world code is also >> concise and fast and usable. DH> And MAINTAINABLE. DH> Not everyone speaks line noise. if you think that is line noise, then your perl skills need improving. seriously i have taught the slurp line to total beginners and they get it afterwards. this is for learn.perl.org, not golf. my %conf = read_file( $file_name ) =~ /^(\w+)=(.*)$/mg ; that is an assigment to hash, scalar context call on read_file and a regex getting out key=val lines. all stuff newbies need to know and must learn. it happens to use them all in one basic line. it is all a very teachable thing to anyone who knows what a hash, sub call and regex are. i don't expect newbies to know how to read that line but i do expect them to able to learn from it. that is what proper training is about. not feeding pablum to kiddies. uri -- Uri Guttman ------ u...@stemsystems.com -------- http://www.sysarch.com -- ----- Perl Code Review , Architecture, Development, Training, Support ------ --------- Gourmet Hot Cocoa Mix ---- http://bestfriendscocoa.com ---------