Perl (secret) operators

Perl (secret) operators

By Philippe Bruhat (‎BooK‎) from Lyon.pm
Date: Wednesday, 13 August 2008 11:20
Duration: 30 minutes
Language:
Tags: operators secret


Some Perl operators have colorful nicknames, like the spaceship or diamond operators.

During their never ending search for obscurity and shortness, obfuscators and golfers have discovered new Perl "operators", commonly known as the Perl "secret operators".

This light-hearted talk will present some of them, with example of use. Come and learn everything you never wanted to know about the inchworm-on-a-stick, the spacestation, the baby cart and many others!


Attended by: Morten Meyling, JJ Allen, jonasbn, Anton Berezin (‎Grrrr‎), Leon Brocard (‎acme‎), Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker (‎ilmari‎), Barbie, Peter Makholm (‎brother‎), Gabor Szabo (‎szabgab‎), Henrik Hald Nørgaard, Jacob Bunk Nielsen, Paul-Christophe Varoutas, Dmitry Karasik (‎McFist‎), Alex Balhatchet (‎Kaoru‎), Andrew Bayliss, Andy Armstrong (‎AndyA‎), Philippe Bruhat (‎BooK‎), Leo Lapworth (‎ranguard‎), Tanja A. Orme (‎tannie‎), José Castro (‎cog‎), Yusuke Kawasaki (‎kawanet‎), Henrik Christian Grove (‎grove‎), Markus Förster, Darius Jokilehto, Wendy Van Dijk (‎woolfy‎), Francoise Dehinbo (‎franky‎), Tobias Henoeckl (‎hoeni‎), Martin Schipany (‎ElCondor‎), David Leadbeater (‎dg‎), Darko Obradovic, Abe Timmerman (‎abeltje‎), Nicholas Clark, Damian Conway (‎damian‎), Jos Boumans (‎kane‎), Jason Armstrong, Nigel Metheringham (‎nigelm‎), R Geoffrey Avery (‎rGeoffrey‎), Stan Sawa, Luis Motta Campos (‎LMC‎), Edmund von der Burg (‎evdb‎), Alex Kapranoff (‎kappa‎), Sebastian Willert, Dave Cross (‎davorg‎), Cristina Nunes (‎mega‎), Mads Gudmand-Høyer, Maciej Misiak (‎grizzley‎), Henrik Tougaard (‎htoug‎), Stefan Hanski, Sue Spence (‎virtualsue‎), Bart Lateur,