> chen li wrote:
>>
>> --- "John W. Krahn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>> chen li wrote:
>>>
>>>> 6)$mean = eval(join("+", @data)) / @data;
>>>>
>>>> Depending on how you understand Perl and what
>>> progress
>>>> you are I prefer 6).
>>> Depending on how you understand Perl, 6 is the worst
>>> solution.
>>
>> Could you explaind why 6) is the worst?
>
> Because it uses string eval which means that the code has to be compiled at
> run-time and it could introduce a security hole if you don't know what @data
> contains and it's a cute trick and cute tricks should only be used in cute
> programs.
I'll take that as a compliment -- thanks, John!
(And no, I really don't think my own submission, #6, is a great idea...
What if the line above said --- @data = ('`rm -rf /`'); --- ? Bad stuff,
don't try it.)
- B
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