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Re: Re3: Teaching Perl Idiomsby Masem (Monsignor) |
on Sep 26, 2001 at 21:56 UTC ( [id://114882]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Now I wouldn't go as far as suggesting to teach perl via golf. A good perl golf usually is an end result of knowing where whitespace isn't needed and taking advantage of perl's special variables outside of $_ and @_.
Mind you, showing a de-obfu golf program (with white space expands and variables named right) and the associated C/C++/Java solution may be useful. Or better yet, show the true power of list processing by comparing the Schwatzian TRansformation vs the equivalent in C. In perl, it's 3 simple lines vs much more than in most other languages.
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