[oak perl] Punctuation, How to Post

George Woolley george at metaart.org
Mon Dec 2 13:26:44 CST 2002


Well, this thing about funny punctuation marks
might result in some kool short lightning talks.
With this thought in mind,
I decided to checkout what there was on this subject on the net, but ...

I got distracted by a list of suggestions for improving your posts:
       http://www.action-electronics.com/fun/fun5.htm
My favorite here is:
       45. Accuse other posters of being AI experiments, Perl scripts, or
             Emacs macros.

Hm, could Belden, perhaps, be a fiendishly sophisticated Perl script
written for some nefarious purpose by whom? Himself?
Nah, probably not. After all, he appeared at the first meeting.
   --- George

On Monday 02 December 2002 10:03 am, Belden Lyman wrote:
> David Alban wrote:
> >>    * ask a question about Perl
> >
> > What are all of those funny punctuation marks for?
>
> Asked and answered: ...




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