From: "Mr. Shawn H. Corey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Dr.Ruud wrote:
> >> Why do people who write these books have exercises of little
> >> practical value?
> >
> > An exercise needs to be educational.
>
> I have worked in programming for 25 years and during that time I have
> never use a closure an
From: Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Ok, if anyone is interested, here is my answer:
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
>
> # Testing code for Exercise 6-1. Your task is to write the sub
> # gather_mtime_between.
>
> use strict;
>
> use File::Find;
> use Time::Local;
>
> my ($start, $stop)
On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 13:04:48 -0400, Mr. Shawn H. Corey wrote:
> I have worked in programming for 25 years and during that time I have
> never use a closure and have never seen one used.
Boggle. I don't think any program I write these days doesn't have one.
They're the most convenient way of re
On 8/26/07, Mr. Shawn H. Corey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dr.Ruud wrote:
> >> Why do people who write these books have exercises of little
> >> practical value?
> >
> > An exercise needs to be educational.
>
> I have worked in programming for 25 years and during that time I have never
> use a
>
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mr. Shawn H. Corey
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Chris wrote:
> > I'm working on yet another exercise from Intermediate Perl. I've been
> > given a script that searches for files that fall between a two
> > timestamps.
> Why do people who write these books have e
Mr. Shawn H. Corey wrote:
Dr.Ruud wrote:
Why do people who write these books have exercises of little
practical value?
An exercise needs to be educational.
I have worked in programming for 25 years and during that time I have
never use a closure and have never seen one used. I may be har
> "Shawn" == "Mr Shawn H Corey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Shawn> Oh, I get it. When I said 25 years, you thought that I meant 25 years
Shawn> with Perl.
No.
Shawn> Sorry, about the confusion.
No confusion.
Shawn> I have programmed in many different languages and have never seen a
Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
"Shawn" == Shawn H Corey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Shawn> Why do you include an insult with every thing you post?
I don't think I do. I was only making fun of your claim, since you made the
claim. Why did you include "25 years"? It just sets you up for a fall. :)
> "Shawn" == Shawn H Corey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Shawn> Why do you include an insult with every thing you post?
I don't think I do. I was only making fun of your claim, since you made the
claim. Why did you include "25 years"? It just sets you up for a fall. :)
Shawn> BTW, what lege
Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
Think of closures as "variables that hold behavior". Sure, maybe you've never
needed that in your legendary 25 years in the industry, but I've used it
*frequently* in my 30 years. :)
Why do you include an insult with every thing you post?
BTW, what legends do you ha
> ""Mr" == "Mr Shawn H Corey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Mr> Objects can do the same things as closures, which is store and hide data,
Mr> but don't have this problem of having to keep in mind two phases of the
Mr> same code.
But objects have fixed code with variable data. Closures can have
Dr.Ruud wrote:
Why do people who write these books have exercises of little
practical value?
An exercise needs to be educational.
I have worked in programming for 25 years and during that time I have never use
a closure and have never seen one used. I may be harsh in my definitions but
t
Chris schreef:
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
Toss the -w, and insert a "use warnings;".
> my ($start, $stop) = @_;
> my @starting_directories = @_;
This doesn't do what I think that you think it does.
> my($sec, $min, $hour, $day, $mon, $yr, $dow) = localtime;
Is the start/top related to today?
What
Ok, if anyone is interested, here is my answer:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
# Testing code for Exercise 6-1. Your task is to write the sub
# gather_mtime_between.
use strict;
use File::Find;
use Time::Local;
my ($start, $stop) = @_;
my @starting_directories = @_;
my @found_items;
sub gather_mtime_betw
Shawn schreef:
> Chris:
>> I'm working on yet another exercise from Intermediate Perl. I've
>> been given a script that searches for files that fall between a two
>> timestamps. For the exercise, I am supposed to write the
>> gather_mtime_between subroutine that will return two references to
>>
Mr. Shawn H. Corey wrote:
Chris wrote:
I'm working on yet another exercise from Intermediate Perl. I've been
given a script that searches for files that fall between a two
timestamps. For the exercise, I am supposed to write the
gather_mtime_between subroutine that will return two references t
Chris wrote:
I'm working on yet another exercise from Intermediate Perl. I've been
given a script that searches for files that fall between a two
timestamps. For the exercise, I am supposed to write the
gather_mtime_between subroutine that will return two references to two
subroutines. One wil
On 8/25/07, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> if (my $start <= $timestamp <= my $stop){
Until Perl 6, you have to break down chain comparisons like this into
separate comparisons, usually joined with 'and':
if ($start <= $timestamp and $timestamp <= $stop) { ... }
But the real problem
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