From roland at euphony.net Sun Jan 5 15:38:12 2003 From: roland at euphony.net (Roland Tarver) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:28:46 2004 Subject: DCPM: more book reviews In-Reply-To: <20021125142327.A16862@flumpet.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: Hey nice m8 liked those. cheers roly > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-devoncornwall@pm.org [mailto:owner-devoncornwall@pm.org]On > Behalf Of Steve Marvell > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 2:23 PM > To: devoncornwall@happyfunball.pm.org > Subject: DCPM: more book reviews > > > Extending & Embedding Perl and the Perl CD Bookshelf. > > I'm sure these will get on the web site. > > Steve From steve at devon-it.co.uk Tue Jan 7 04:18:46 2003 From: steve at devon-it.co.uk (Steve Marvell) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:28:46 2004 Subject: DCPM: a test of pleasure Message-ID: <20030107101846.A17096@flumpet.demon.co.uk> to see if anyone is bouncing Steve From steve at devon-it.co.uk Tue Jan 7 04:20:00 2003 From: steve at devon-it.co.uk (Steve Marvell) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:28:46 2004 Subject: DCPM: cd bookshelf review In-Reply-To: <20021212190945.GA689@simplepages.uklinux.net>; from mb@simplepages.uklinux.net on Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 07:09:45PM +0000 References: <20021211094839.A26471@flumpet.demon.co.uk> <20021212190945.GA689@simplepages.uklinux.net> Message-ID: <20030107102000.A17102@flumpet.demon.co.uk> On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 07:09:45PM +0000, Matthew Browning wrote: > > I've changed it, since the Java doesn't work with newer JREs which > > come wit, say mozilla or opera. > > > > > > Java? > > I'm sorry if I've missed something but, even having reread the review, I > can make no sense of that comment. [:-o] The Java is for the search engine, since it's standalone, so no CGIs. Steve From steve at devon-it.co.uk Tue Jan 7 06:17:05 2003 From: steve at devon-it.co.uk (Steve Marvell) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:28:46 2004 Subject: DCPM: puzzling perl thing Message-ID: <20030107121705.A17677@flumpet.demon.co.uk> Neither of these work. print ('-' x 10),"\n"; print ('-' x 10)."\n"; Why the hell not? Steve From mb at simplepages.uklinux.net Wed Jan 8 13:52:25 2003 From: mb at simplepages.uklinux.net (Matthew Browning) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:28:46 2004 Subject: DCPM: puzzling perl thing In-Reply-To: <20030107121705.A17677@flumpet.demon.co.uk> References: <20030107121705.A17677@flumpet.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: <20030108195225.GA756@simplepages.uklinux.net> * Steve Marvell [2003-01-07 12:17:05 +0000]: > Neither of these work. > > print ('-' x 10),"\n"; > print ('-' x 10)."\n"; > > Why the hell not? > Because the parentheses you use are interpreted as the optional ones for the print function which, although it accepts list context by default, reckons you are done when they close. The effect I reckon you are probably after is managable like this: print ( ('-' x 10), "\n" ); [MB] From steve at devon-it.co.uk Thu Jan 9 04:37:38 2003 From: steve at devon-it.co.uk (Steve Marvell) Date: Thu Aug 5 00:28:46 2004 Subject: DCPM: puzzling perl thing In-Reply-To: <20030108195225.GA756@simplepages.uklinux.net>; from mb@simplepages.uklinux.net on Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 07:52:25PM +0000 References: <20030107121705.A17677@flumpet.demon.co.uk> <20030108195225.GA756@simplepages.uklinux.net> Message-ID: <20030109103738.A25824@flumpet.demon.co.uk> On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 07:52:25PM +0000, Matthew Browning wrote: > > print ('-' x 10),"\n"; > > print ('-' x 10)."\n"; > > > > Why the hell not? > > Because the parentheses you use are interpreted as the optional ones for > the print function which, although it accepts list context by default, > reckons you are done when they close. Wow, a reply. That's unusual for this list :) > The effect I reckon you are probably after is managable like this: > > print ( ('-' x 10), "\n" ); I plumped for: print '-' x 10, "\n"; Shows me for trying to make perl's job easier. Steve