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Re: Funky code thing (index-rindex) (fwd)
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> From: abigail@delanet.com
> Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2000 20:53:08 -0500
> To: mjd-perl-pm@plover.com
> Cc: phl@lists.pm.org, abigail@delanet.com
> Subject: Re: Funky code thing (index-rindex) (fwd)
> Reply-To: abigail@delanet.com
>
> On Tue, Mar 07, 2000 at 08:10:37PM -0500, mjd-perl-pm@plover.com wrote:
> >
> > > > > 3. while ('true') { ... }
> > > > >
> > > > > Idiomatic or idiotic?
> > > >
> > > > My first reaction was "cute", immediately followed by "but it means the
> > > > same as: while ('false') { ... }". Perhaps not a good idea.
> >
> > Point taken. But I think you meant to say
> >
> > until ('false') { ... }
>
> No, I didn't mean to say that. My point wasn't so much the loop
> construct, but the fact that both strings 'true' and 'false' have
> the same truth value.
>
>
> Abigail
>
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