En op 05 mei 2002 sprak Tor Hildrum:
> foreach (@names) {
> print;
> last if $_ =~/Dr /;
> }
> (untested as well) :)
You do know that for and foreach are exact synonyms?
> I am enjoying myself even though I'm not currently submitting my solutions.
> But, a 'newbies' category or similar would be welcomed Something like 200
> strokes+ category. If you where able to get under a certain limit(set by the
> referees) during a hole, you would be encouraged to compete in the beginners
> category. Something along those lines.
Unfortunately, that's not Perl Golf, but Perl Jeu des Boules. How close
to a preset limit can you come?
If you want, you can already see the standings of only the 200+
solutions. BigrTex is leading at the moment. But he shouldn't shorten
his solution by another two chars, because Pepik would take over...
> > If you want, I could take one of the longer solutions, and show how I
> > would have shortened them step by step, showing some of the useful
> > functions and golf tricks along the way. If you submit your solutions, I
> > might use yours for that, if you wouldn't mind.
>
> Unfortunately I think this might bore 95% of the people currently subscribed
> to this list.
I don't think so. Even if it would be useful to 5% of the subscribers,
the other 95% would be eager to point out my mistakes, and to show that
they are better than me :-)
As my colleague referee Sec says: "a category with mandatory 'you have
to be bad to play here' is imho worse than playing woth pros and loosing
because you're just not as good". But of course, our opinions on this
matter are not nearly as important as those of the newbies themselves.
Eugene
--
Don't play too much golf. Two rounds a day are plenty. -- Harry Vardon
