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From: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: Arrays and me :-(
Message-ID: <10775@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV>
Date: 17 Dec 90 19:37:48 GMT
References: <29144@sequoia.execu.com> <110684@convex.convex.com> <29248@sequoia.execu.com> <111418@convex.convex.com>
Reply-To: lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall)
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In article <111418@convex.convex.com> tchrist@convex.COM (Tom Christiansen) writes:
: There was no bashing intended in the post.  Sometimes I was trying to be
: brief and summarize (like the first couple paragraphs) while at other
: times I was trying to be funny (like with the logname pronunciation).  I
: was honestly just trying to help.  I'm truly sorry the original poster
: took it any other way.  All novice questions are welcome.

WARNING:  Anyone who can't handle "funny" shouldn't buy the Perl Book,
in which we (attempt to) crack a few jokes.  (There were actually more in
the draft, but we took out some that came across as patronizing, at the
request of some perceptive reviewers--one of which was Tom!  Ah, well... :-)

Larry