* Tony Finch [2006-11-05 18:55]:
> Of course Perl uses x to multiply strings and * to multiply
> numbers. Yay for non-polymorphic operators! Even more fun in
> O'Caml where integer arithmetic is + - * / and floating point
> arithmetic is +. -. *. /. .
Yeah, because it's obviously better when
On Sun, 5 Nov 2006, Phil Pennock wrote:
>
> I just spent 20 minutes trying to debug some Perl I'd just written which
> wasn't working, only to discover that for the first time ever I'd tried
> using an 'x' as a multiplication operator for a computer. Three times.
> My mind was contaminated with re
* Phil Pennock [2006-11-05 01:10]:
> ObHate: broken software which allows you to use something other
> than an FQDN for the right-hand-side of a Message-Id.
> "klangraum"?
That's my host name. Dunno why mutt doesn't put an FQDN there,
though I wonder how "klangraum.home.local" would be much bette
On 2006-10-27 at 20:36 +0200, A. Pagaltzis wrote:
> Look, a multiplication sign!
>
> × ← Over there!
>
> I dunno. It remains more work to type, even if your editor isn't
> dumber than technology from the stone age of personal computing,
> but I spend a lot more time poring ove
