Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!schaefer From: schaefer@ogicse.ogi.edu (Barton E. Schaefer) Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl Subject: Re: Silent Bomb Message-ID: <8006@ogicse.ogi.edu> Date: 14 Mar 90 21:06:09 GMT References: <11238@deimos.ADS.COM> <7997@ogicse.ogi.edu> <8005@ogicse.ogi.edu> Organization: Oregon Graduate Institute (formerly OGC), Beaverton, OR Lines: 14 In article <8005@ogicse.ogi.edu> schaefer@ogicse.ogi.edu (That's Me) writes: } } do 'sub.pl' || ($@ ne "" && die "$@aborted") || die "Can't load sub.pl: $!"; Before someone else points it out, of course it could be do 'sub.pl' || die ($@ ne "" ? "$@aborted" : "Can't load sub.pl: $!"); but that didn't show the "problem" with && and ||. -- Bart Schaefer "EARTH: Surrender IMMEDIATELY or we PICKLE DAN QUAYLE" "THPPFT!" schaefer@cse.ogi.edu (used to be cse.ogc.edu)