Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ames!amdahl!nsc!taux01!arielf From: arielf@taux01.nsc.com (Ariel Faigon) Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl Subject: Request for JAPH collection Keywords: JAPH oneliners request Message-ID: <5048@taux01.nsc.com> Date: 5 Dec 90 11:04:59 GMT Reply-To: arielf@taux01.nsc.com (Ariel Faigon) Followup-To: comp.lang.perl Organization: National Semiconductor (IC) Ltd, Israel Lines: 26 Hello JAPHs, One of the best ways to learn a programming language is by examples. A good example is one which: 1. Is short 2. Does something that is known or familiar (you already know what it does, what is left to master is merely the technique) It follows that one of the best routes to get acquainted with perl is by looking at Randal's "Just another, Perl hacker" one liners. Each of these tiny programs reveals another feature or construct of the language, and they're all semantically equivalent. Alas, I haven't collected them when they appeared here. Can some kind soul, post a collection of JAPHs, I'm sure many of us who missed it will benefit from such posting. Tom, your tutorial is very nice, thanks, what do you think of a tutorial which consists mainly of JAPHs ? Thanks again. -- Ariel Faigon, CTP group, NSTA National Semiconductor (Israel) 6 Maskit st. P.O.B. 3007, Herzlia 46104, Israel Tel. (972)52-522312 arielf@taux01.nsc.com @{hplabs,pyramid,sun,decwrl} 34 48 E / 32 10 N Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com