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From: rbj@uunet.UU.NET (Root Boy Jim)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: Re: Reading a file into a string
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Date: 31 Jan 91 08:06:09 GMT
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In article <11242@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall) writes:
>In article <120644@uunet.UU.NET> rbj@uunet.UU.NET (Root Boy Jim) writes:
>: In that case, perhaps one should set a limit on how much they slurp
>: and die/complain on therwise.
>
>Perhaps one should, as long as they aren't Perl.  Any limit Perl might set
>would be too small for some people and too large for others.

Good point. I meant that if one is really going to slurp a file,
one should set one's own limit, or iterate, etc.

>: Horshoe mode .signature: perl -e 'print "Just another $0 hacker,"'
>
>That may not do what you expect.

It's a joke. Close only counts in horseshoes, and my solution
is only close. Here's another one. Lottery mode .signature:

	print pack('c',32+int rand 95) while ++$z % 26

Altho I think it'll take a random number generator which produces more
random bits and an infinite number of camels to print the magic slogan.
However, I did manage to produce some famous initials towards the end
of the sixth iteration, along with my own, at the very end.
-- 

	Root Boy Jim Cottrell <rbj@uunet.uu.net>
	Close the gap of the dark year in between