Phoenix.pm: I can't figure it out
Doug and Julie Miles
dmiles at primenet.com
Fri May 7 14:22:40 CDT 1999
At 12:01 PM 5/7/99 -0700, you wrote:
>At 10:55 AM 5/7/99 -0700, you wrote:
>>I am trying to get a friend interested in perl, and have been trying to
>>give him a small script that is close to something he wants to do. The
>>idea is that he can modify it to do exactly what he wants, and thereby
>>learn some perl. The problem is that I can't get it to work. He is a C
>>programmer, so I took a script from the cookbook, and I've been 'C'ifing
>>it. The problem is that the original version works, but mine doesn't. I
>>was wondering if any of you can tell me why. Its probably something
>>stupid, but right now I don't see what it is. Both scripts are supposed to
>>recurse directories provided on the command line, and find the largest
>>file. I'm doing this in Winbloze 95. perl -v says:
>>
>
>First of all, use Linux, not Windows. Second of all, tell your friend
>about what really makes perl cool:
He needs it for is Windows PC at work. I do use Linux. :)
> 1: hash tables (associative arrays), built into the core syntax of
> the language, as easy to use as arrays!
>
> 2: complete powerful regular expression pattern matching language,
> built into the core syntax of the language.
>
> 3: disappearing $_
>
> 4: multi-paradigm.
He already knows about these cool things. I just wanted to give him a
small project to get him started. Thanks for the response!
Doug and Julie Miles
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