Re: Documentation

In article <[email protected]>,
   Justin Fletcher <[email protected]> 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.

Which applies to most users of the free scripts available. If you use a
free script - it's almost certainly because yuo do not know enough to
write your own!

> 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.

It is discussion about a Perl script... As such, even though off-topic,
it's probably better than silence?

As for fake email addresses... If a high enough proportion are bad - the
whole set is effectively invalid. The presence of a valid one amongst
random rubbish does not invalidate the principle.

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