Author Topic: REAL TALK: Programmers are not human beings. (I wish to learn Perl) (Read 942 times)

Howard Alan Treesong · « **on:** August 23, 2007, 01:42:04 PM »

Since when is "do a diff" an asset tracking mechanism. Guys.

Anyone know good Perl-learning resources? I need to teach myself to parse my way out of their paper bag.

Is there any other language (Ruby? Python? I got nothing) that's good for string parsing? Perl is what seems most regular expressionfully powerful.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #1 on:** August 23, 2007, 02:52:22 PM »

PERL

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i am a PERL mastar. what do you wish to know? BUY THE CAMEL BOOK NOW NOW NOW.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #2 on:** August 23, 2007, 03:05:57 PM »

"Camel book"?

TVC15 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 23, 2007, 03:23:59 PM »

The O'Reilly main perl book has a camel on the cover. The camel is perl's fursona.

The dude that wrote it created perl, too.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #4 on:** August 23, 2007, 03:25:23 PM »

fursona

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #5 on:** August 23, 2007, 03:27:13 PM »

Fursona: Yiff Your True Mind

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #6 on:** August 23, 2007, 03:40:50 PM »

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on August 23, 2007, 01:42:04 PM

Since when is "do a diff" an asset tracking mechanism. Guys.

Anyone know good Perl-learning resources? I need to teach myself to parse my way out of their paper bag.

Is there any other language (Ruby? Python? I got nothing) that's good for string parsing? Perl is what seems most regular expressionfully powerful.

If you are trying to write a text parser, perl or python would well. My main problem with perl is readability-god help you understand it if you didn't write the perl code you're looking at. Python is a bit more conventional in its syntax.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #7 on:** August 23, 2007, 03:56:44 PM »

I just talked to a programmer and he was like PYTHON! and gave me the O'Reilly Python Cookbook (fursona: some rabbity meercat thing). So I guess I'm throwing my hat in the Python ring. Sorry, Perl!

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #8 on:** August 23, 2007, 04:11:17 PM »

why would pythons fursona be a rabbity meercat thing? shouldn't it be a snake?

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #9 on:** August 23, 2007, 04:35:54 PM »

O'Reilly books have weird animals on them. My owl book, for example,somehow represents regular expressions!

TVC15 · « **Reply #10 on:** August 23, 2007, 05:17:34 PM »

Quote from: Fragamemnon on August 23, 2007, 04:35:54 PM

O'Reilly books have weird animals on them. My owl book, for example,somehow represents regular expressions!

I may be misremembering, but don't the books usually offer some explanation for why they picked the animal on the cover?

Robo · « **Reply #11 on:** August 23, 2007, 05:27:09 PM »

The animals change for whatever reason. The new editions of the Python one does have a snake on it. And I know I have an old edition of either Oracle or SQL that has an owl and now they have bugs and reptiles and shit.

I have an older version of that Perl book, but I've never really put it into practice. I have good experiences with other O'Reilly books, though. Recommended total.

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #12 on:** August 23, 2007, 05:28:35 PM »

python is for feggits. sorry, patel, had a series of meetings and then lunch and then another meeting; did you still need a perl assist?

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #13 on:** August 23, 2007, 05:29:19 PM »

Quote from: Fragamemnon on August 23, 2007, 04:35:54 PM

O'Reilly books have weird animals on them. My owl book, for example,somehow represents regular expressions!

everyone knows that a bactrian camel supports implicit type casting and conversion!

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #14 on:** August 23, 2007, 05:35:01 PM »

it's too late I've gone over to the python side

(actually a tools programmer has taken pity on me and is gonna give me a perl necklace. imma still learn python tho.)

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #15 on:** August 23, 2007, 05:50:49 PM »

~+=/s/+`^&(+~/$

I think that compiles. (not really, but the language really is ridiculous and is obviously designed for smelly superbeard Unix jockeys)

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #16 on:** August 23, 2007, 05:56:33 PM »

Van Cruncheon · « **Reply #17 on:** August 23, 2007, 07:23:33 PM »

Quote from: Fragamemnon on August 23, 2007, 05:50:49 PM

~+=/s/+`^&(+~/$

I think that compiles. (not really, but the language really is ridiculous and is obviously designed for smelly superbeard Unix jockeys)

well, it's valid if you have explicit set to off -- for the current local variable ($_), perform an indirect and implicit substitution on the pattern for 1 or more non-whitepsace characters followed by a "`" and a recursion to the character or string referenced by "&(". maybe. the second "~" is throwing me off.

tiesto · « **Reply #18 on:** August 23, 2007, 07:37:40 PM »

You should write it in Brainfuck...

brawndolicious · « **Reply #19 on:** August 24, 2007, 03:25:09 AM »

Quote from: Professor Prole on August 23, 2007, 05:29:19 PM

everyone knows that a bactrian camel supports implicit type casting and conversion!

that's a dromedary camel.

yes I know that. shut up.

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Author Topic: REAL TALK: Programmers are not human beings. (I wish to learn Perl) (Read 942 times)