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From: cybrspc!roy@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: COPS in perl?
Message-ID: <1BDLV1w163w@cybrspc>
Date: 11 Jan 91 04:07:59 GMT
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#! /usr/lib/perl
# Ob Perl content:

while <DATA> {
        last if /^--/;
        print;
}
__END__

Let's look back a bit, shall we?

brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes:

>In article <1991Jan9.015034.13077@uvaarpa.Virginia.EDU> eichin@athena.mit.edu writes:
>>       1) Is *anybody* other than Mr. Bernstein upset with the
>> plethora of examples of perl code that appear in comp.lang.perl?
>
>If not, I'll stop complaining about it.

And later, in another article...

> People don't *want* a comp.lang.perl. People *want* a Perl Users Group.

and...

> These people want a users group, not a language group.

Well, Dan, it seems that, indeed, you are the only one upset. I ask that
you follow your own advice and quit complaining.

In case it has escaped your attention, _I_ am one of these "people" to
whom you ascribe the desire for a "users group, not a language group."
But who are you to put words in my mouth? I like the current flavor of
comp.lang.perl just fine. It meets my needs and desires. It's informal,
friendly and diverse... much like Perl itself.

It would seem that you desire some form of authority over this
newsgroup. I say FOO! If you don't like it, unsubscribe. But _please_
stop wasting bandwidth whining about it. If you must post, contribute to
the discussion of Perl and its uses. If you want so badly to moderate a
newsgroup, propose one. But if all you can do is complain, take it to
alt.flame (which my system does not take), so we can ignore it and get
on with learning and sharing Perl.
--
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