I find that subtleties like Paul's are lost on the majority of users and programmers alike out there. I prefer the more direct method of:
#################################################### ## ## ## ######## ######### ######### ########## ## ## ## ## ### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ######## ### ## ## ########## ## ## ## ## ### ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ### ## ## ## ## ## ######## ### ######### ## ## ## ## ## #################################################### # DON'T ADD CODE BEYOND THIS POINT OR # I WILL HUNT YOU DOWN AND MAKE YOU PAY! # # NO, REALLY! I KNOW PEOPLE! # YOU'LL RUE THE DAY YOU CROSSED ME! # (ALTHOUGH YOU'LL SECRETLY BE PLEASED WITH YOURSELF # FOR FINALLY USING THE WORD RUE IN A SENTENCE) -----Original Message----- From: drieux To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 5/19/02 9:07 AM Subject: Re: Effective Perl Programming On Sunday, May 19, 2002, at 08:26 , Paul Johnson wrote: >> just because it may be correct, still makes me nervous.... > > I actually find it to be quite a useful concept. One can make use of it > to ensure that people don't "accidently" add code or data at the end of > something that they shouldn't. I've thought about that at times... clearly you have never seen me take myself out and have an unpleasant staff meeting with myself when i do that and the SILLY code whines at me.... hence my habit of avoiding this - but I may adopt it for those cases when I plan to be a PerlFascist..... then I can have orthodox wars with myself????? ciao drieux --- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
