Re: Documentation

In message <[email protected]>
          Richard Proctor <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> If we could see the script and discuss why it works/ or not for RiscOS it
> would be on topic.
>
> As for worrying about the archives at perl.org - I would not worry there are
> far more obscure and less used lists there.
>
> Its nice to see a little bit of traffic for a change.

Not when it's not RISC OS perl related; I'm not here to listen to people's
particular objections to a script running on some other non-RISCOS server.
If I wanted that I'd join the 'talking about scripts on other servers'. The
thread has gone on long enough, and is off topic.


> On Mon 28 Jan, Justin Fletcher wrote:
> > In message <[email protected]>
> >      Matthew Somerville <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > On 28 Jan, you wrote:
> > >
> > > > In article <[email protected]>,
> > > >    Matthew Somerville <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >
> > [snip]
> > > > My Perl is not up to seeing how the program can generate the domains
> > > > rof and oga - it picks from a wrod list, where these two don't occur.
> > >
> > > Well, I managed to find the source for this script on the internet, but
> > > can no longer - however, from what I remember it doesn't just pick from a
> > > word list, it adds random letters, which could (as it does) lead to
> > > generating an existing domain.
> >
> > Speaking as someone with a random sequence of letters as his domain name
> > (movspclr), if this is the case, I suggest that said script not be used.
> > Similarly, the Richard said that he wasn't sure how it was generated. Using
> > perl scripts that you don't understand on a live system is unwise.
> >
> > And finally, this has very little relevance to RISC OS perl. Whilst the
> > list is quiet, I think it would be best to at least try to stay on topic.
> > I hardly think that anyone searching the perl.org archives wants to know
> > about some particular script running or not on a propably long dead system.
> >
>

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