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From: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: FAQ suggestion
Message-ID: <10637@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Date: 5 Dec 90 18:12:05 GMT
References: <3294@medusa.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> <109564@convex.convex.com> <810@echbull.bull.fr>
Reply-To: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
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In article <810@echbull.bull.fr> mfc@medoc.ec.bull.fr (Matt.Caprile) writes:
: In article <109564@convex.convex.com> tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) writes:
: ...
: >I'm still hesitant on adding:
: >
: >     xx)  What's the best way to see if an array element is present?
: >     xx)  How do I call alarm(3C)?
: >
: >Any other candidates or suggestions?
: ...
: 
: How about "when is the book coming out" :-).

The problem with that question is that the answer depends on how many
times we have to answer it.  :-)

If you're actually asking the question (difficult to tell, the science
of pragmatics notwithstanding), the answer is that we're busting portions
of our anatomy to get it out by Usenix.

Larry


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