Lighter Side of CPAN 66
bleechack writes: "Looks like Perl.com is fully ready for the release of Lord of the Rings with this week's "Lighter Side of CPAN"."
There is no opinion so absurd that some philosopher will not express it. -- Marcus Tullius Cicero, "Ad familiares"
Support (Score:2, Informative)
Obufscated Haiku'd Perl (Score:5, Funny)
Now, it's back to debugging my program for me:
Decoded Geekcode from the article (Score:3, Informative)
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Re:WTF? (Score:2)
Re:WTF? (Score:1)
Sorry if I'm being dumb...
Matlab (Score:4, Interesting)
This is just like all the hidden easter eggs in programs written by most programmers. (The built in screen saver in some versions of Word does not count.)
Re:Matlab (Score:4, Insightful)
Is that the blue one with the white letters and the cryptic message?
Re:Matlab (Score:2)
Totally misread the headline (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Totally misread the headline (Score:1)
She wore a PERL necklace (Score:1)
LOTR (Score:1)
Re:LOTR (Score:2)
Re:LOTR (Score:1)
I always thought... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I always thought... (Score:1)
Eris strikes again (Score:1)
Re:Eris strikes again (Score:1)
Hmmmm..... (Score:1)
Re:Hmmmm..... (Score:1)
Re:Hmmmm..... (Score:1)
More serious modules (Score:5, Funny)
I can't believe the article did not mention ACME::Bleach [cpan.org] which just bleaches your program. Run it once and your code magically disappears... but still runs!
ACME::Buffy [cpan.org] is similar, except your program is turned into a Buffy mantra that can be chanted or executed.
In fact the whole ACME [cpan.org] name space is reserved just for silly and incredibly useful modules.
Re:Let me get this straight... (Score:1)
They missed another good one (Score:3, Interesting)
Quantum::Entaglement [perl.com]
And who said that quantum computers a centurys away?? You can get started on your 386 right now, courtesy of CPAN!
Also, about that eliza chatbot: there is an easier way to get started (you may have seen this in this months linux journal, non?):
$ emacs
esc
shift-X
doctor
And there you go - a psychotherapist built right into your text editor. Perfect for those times when that fscking bug makes you want to give it all up...
Anyway, next time someone complains about MS bloatware being so cheeky that they included a flight sim in a version of Excel, I shall point this out!
Re:They missed another good one (Score:1)
$ emacs
esc
shift-X
doctor
you don't need the Shift. Just esc x doc (tab to autocomplete) will do.
Or use your meta key in place of esc, if you have one. Often mapped to L-alt on Linux distros.
Re:They missed another good one (Score:1)
i'm actually a vi man myself, which explains my long route.
anyways, we dont want to get into that discussion do we....
must get round to learning emacs one of these days (im a nix begginer, see...), but vi suits my needs for now.
Marcus
Re:They missed another good one (Score:1)
M-x doctor-strangelove
On first glance.... (Score:2, Funny)
Of *course* Perl is funny! (Score:2)
I've known for a long time that Perl is a funny language. After all, its creator, "Larry Wall", definitely has a sense of humour.
The proof of this, of course, is right here [stonehenge.com], and here [yahooligans.com].
Where is Time::Human? (Score:1)
Re:Where is Time::Human? (Score:2)
The Song (Score:4, Funny)
Perl, It's my new obsession
Perl!~/\?/
Perls on the neck of your lover
'coz Perl gives you stuff to discover
Perl at the bin in my /usr
- you could be my dromedaryPerl, cos you are no luser
Perl, it's the coding with passion
cos() today it just goes with the Slashdot
'coz Perl is a lingo so scary
Perl likes its vars with the dollar
it's curled but you don't ever tell 'er, yeah I want to be your regex
I wanna doc you in latex
Perl on the screens that we key on
Perl, do I hate that one python, yeah