Re: RFC 343 (v1) New Perl Mascot

2000-09-29 Thread Tim Conrow
;t conflict but in fact enhance O'Reilly's buisness, I'm not sure I see why they'd object. OT: What's the history of the camel? Does it predate O'Reilly's involvement? -- -- Tim Conrow [EMAIL PROTECTED] |

Re: Math functions? (Particularly transcendental ones)

2001-09-13 Thread Tim Conrow
1(x) = ln(1 + x) expm1(x) = exp(x) - 1 to deal accurately and quickly with the special case where x<<1. This may not be useful in an environment of pseudo-infinite precision, unless speed begins to matter alot. Maybe they could be called automagically when the compiler sees something like the

p6d gatewayed by nntp.perl.org?

2002-12-02 Thread Tim Conrow
I'm not seeing it. My problem, or is it not being mirrored yet? -- Tim

Re: p6d gatewayed by nntp.perl.org?

2002-12-03 Thread Tim Conrow
Simon Cozens wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Conrow) writes: >I'm not seeing it. My problem, or is it not being mirrored yet? I'm reading it via NNTP. Right, I've got it now. Don't know why I didn't see it there before. -- Tim

Re: purge: opposite of grep

2002-12-06 Thread Tim Conrow
Michael Lazzaro wrote: I worry that C sounds too much like something class-related, and would confuse people. What about C or something? Decent thesaurus entries for include: assign, classify, comb, compartmentalize, discriminate, distribute, group, order, segregate, sift, winnow, amputate, c

Re: RFC 258 (v1) Distinguish packed binary data from printable strings

2000-09-19 Thread Tim Conrow
Tom Christiansen wrote: > Perhaps what you're truly looking for is a generalized tainting mechanism. Sounds cool, but I have only the vaguest idea what you (may) mean. Pointers? RFCs? Examples? Hints? -- -- Tim Conrow [EMAIL PROTECTED] |

Re: RFC 258 (v1) Distinguish packed binary data from printable strings

2000-09-19 Thread Tim Conrow
Tim Conrow wrote: > > Tom Christiansen wrote: > > Perhaps what you're truly looking for is a generalized tainting mechanism. > > Sounds cool, but I have only the vaguest idea what you (may) mean. Pointers? > RFCs? Examples? Hints? Sorry for the clutter, but I d

Re: RFC 258 (v1) Distinguish packed binary data from printablestrings

2000-09-19 Thread Tim Conrow
(confession: I forgot about "U" in v1 of the RFC)), C, C, string-context bitwise ops plus C and C create "packed strings". If Unicode is commonly acquired or manipulated by any of those and meant to stay human readable, then there may be a conflict. -- -- Tim Conrow [EMAIL PROTECTED] |

Re: RFC 258 (v1) Distinguish packed binary data from printablestrings

2000-09-19 Thread Tim Conrow
nly cases I've been able to think of are > > JAPHs or code samples. > > "too painful" is, of course, a judgment call. I do use the > read/unpack/modify/pack/print cycle a fair amount dealing with image data. > I guess I'd say working around RFC 258 might be an

Re: RFC 258 (v1) Distinguish packed binary data from printable strings

2000-09-19 Thread Tim Conrow
convey that the additional checking is only done when explicitly invoked via C and/or C. Perhaps I should make that more explicit. In a sense, it's already proposed to be sort of an extension, just one which is provided to everyone. Everyone's short of tuits, but I'd love to see some hint of where you think this causes problems. -- -- Tim Conrow [EMAIL PROTECTED] |