Re: The "flaming X-wing" secret operator

On Wed, Nov 28, 2007 at 07:22:54PM -0500, Yanick Champoux wrote:
> Mr. Shawn H. Corey wrote:
>> Philippe Bruhat (BooK) wrote:
>>>     @data{@fields} =<>=~ $re;
>>
>> Actually, it's:
>>
>>  @data{@fields} = ( <> =~ $re );
>
> 	Somehow, I think Philippe knew that. ;-)

Even better, I knew I didn't need them.

Do you think I would have submitted a starfighter that looked like this?

    =(<>=~)

> 	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...

That's no moon! It's a space station.

-- 
 Philippe Bruhat (BooK)

 When you invite relatives, they never seem to leave your home, so long as it
 is still standing.                 (Moral from Groo The Wanderer #20 (Epic))