Re: Lots of 2s

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:55:09 +0000, Marc Wilson wrote:

In uk.misc, (Fevric J Glandules) wrote in
<BYRxj.2511$PM6.2462@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>::

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:45:36 +0000, Marc Wilson wrote:

Perl scripts can't delete files? I thought it was a general-purpose
language.

It is, it can. But you can read the script and have a good idea of
what it *won't* do, even if you can't tell exactly what it *will* do.

I can't make head nor tail of it. About the only thing I recognise is that
it prints something at some point.

See? You've sussed it out.

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