From: Chad Perrin Date: 2007-03-08T15:26:17+09:00 Subject: Re: Smallest FizzBuzz program On Thu, Mar 08, 2007 at 04:01:46AM +0900, Rick DeNatale wrote: > On 3/7/07, Martin DeMello wrote: > >On 3/7/07, Jenda Krynicky wrote: > >> > >> Hey! Stop this! It's supposed to be the dreadfull scripting language > >> called Pearl that's totally unreadable and it's abusers waste the > >> precious time trying to beat each other by writing something in as few > >> characters as possible! > > > >The email address simply drips irony :) > > And what's pearl? I thought it was perl. What does it mean if one > doesn't know how to properly spell one's favorite language? Actually, in this context, I think "Jenda" is being intentionally ironic. That's a jab at people who complain about Perl being unreadable and suitable only for golf and obfu. -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] "The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit." - W. Somerset Maugham