I just saw it while driving home last night. Had I known where it was, I would have attempted to snap a picture with my phone.<div><br></div><div>And yes, Jason, you need to take a break from programming. ;-)</div><div><br>
</div><div>It was a standard (non-electronic) billboard, trying to get people to figure out at what price they'd consider giving up smoking.</div><div><br></div><div>I instantly saw the perl connection, however, although it actually looked more like a '$__' variable.</div>
<div><br></div><div>John</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Aaron Leonard <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aachleon@gmail.com">aachleon@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
LOL<br><br>He was joking... The $_ in the message isn't supposed to be interpolated. I think you all need to take a break from programming this weekend. :)<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Jason Rush <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jason%2Bkcpm@jlrush.com" target="_blank">jason+kcpm@jlrush.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex">>> Have you seen the billboard on I-35 south as you pass Mission Road?<br>
>> It uses the default variable:<br>
>><br>
>> "I'll quit when cigarettes are $_ a pack."<br>
><br>
> You must have added those double-quotes... The actual code must be<br>
> mistakenly single-quoted, so $_ isn't interpolated. You'd think they would<br>
> have caught that while escaping the ' in I'll. :)<br>
><br>
> Can someone take a picture for us out-of-towners?<br>
><br>
> j<br>
> Omaha.pm<br>
><br>
><br>
<br>
The developer could have used the q quoting which would allow for<br>
double and single quotes inside the message.<br>
<br>
print q( "I'll quit when cigarettes are $_ a pack." );<br>
<br>
I wish I had checked my email earlier, I would have brought my camera.<br>
I wonder how long it will take to fix it if it hasn't been fixed<br>
already.<br>
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