Re: The "flaming X-wing" secret operator

"Mr. Shawn H. Corey" <[email protected]> Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:04:29 -0500
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.perl.fun
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Yanick Champoux wrote:
> Mr. Shawn H. Corey wrote:
>> Actually, it's:
>>
>>  @data{@fields} = ( <> =~ $re );
> 
>     Somehow, I think Philippe knew that. ;-)

But, sadly, not everyone else who reads this list :(

> 
>     So we had the spaceship operator, and now the flaming x-wing... 
> Hmmm... I'm beginning to suspect that the '@' sigil doesn't stand for a 
> moon, after all...

No, it stands for Tranquility base, where "The Eagle has landed."  (That would be the bullseye in the center of the circle.  The outer circle is the moon.  ;)


-- 
Just my 0.00000002 million dollars worth,
  Shawn

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