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| From | owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.advocacy |
| Subject | Re: A maybe interesting code challenge |
| Date | 2016-04-27 23:25 +0000 |
| Organization | O.W.L. |
| Message-ID | <fhjgd003a.r@rooftop.invalid> (permalink) |
| References | (4 earlier) <sandman-0b04eb649cd63ebc62a4706d1eb970bf@individual.net> <aa0e913a-2a5b-4820-91c1-424c585f6910@googlegroups.com> <sandman-7e12a46d2e8ed423f2d517bc344b25da@individual.net> <b5c47dad-9b5e-4667-ba71-13b02b9b2ac3@googlegroups.com> <sandman-42fc8446b9e29b2d2e0159f03daa118f@individual.net> |
Sandman <mr@sandman.net> wrote: > In article <b5c47dad-9b5e-4667-ba71-13b02b9b2ac3@googlegroups.com>, Steve > Carroll wrote: > >> > Sandman: >> > Well, his portability seems to center around sending different >> > people his search script and his text file with addresses. So >> > sending them a search script that is more flexible, faster and >> > more efficient along with a DB file (that, again, doesn't require >> > an actual DB *server* to be used, it's just one file) is just a >> > better choice. I just posted an example of exactly how that would >> > look and work. >> >> I saw your example, good job. Like I said, I haven't followed >> closely so I'm not sure what he's trying to do... but there is no >> question in my mind that your example is quite portable. Somewhere >> he mentioned something about this being part of a larger program, >> maybe that's a sticking point in his mind? > > Dunno, but he is placing a lot of misplaced pride into low-level programming, > with tons of "if"'s to handle different kind of input instead of building it > organically as a query. Just saying saving and retrieving data in different > formats is exactly what databases are for. > > When I started with perl back in 1994 I wrote my first CGI script as a > guestbook on my homepage. It took the form input and saved it to text files, > separated by the string "OTTEROTTER" so a guestbook entry could be saved to > 1994-03-45_102343.txt and contain: > > "Steve CarrollOTTEROTTERHelloOTTEROTTERJust wanted to say hiOTTEROTTER1994-03- > 45 12:23:43" > > Looking back it's kind of fun to think about these kind of idiotic things I > made when I was new and just learning. That's why I think it's important to > tell others that are new to get it right from the start instead of going the > long way. > March 45, 1994. A date which will live in infamy.
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A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-20 11:37 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-04-20 08:45 -0700
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-20 11:57 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-04-20 09:02 -0700
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-21 01:54 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2016-04-20 18:57 -0700
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-21 02:45 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-20 23:01 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-21 03:56 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-21 11:06 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-21 16:13 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-21 17:27 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-22 19:07 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Steve Carroll <fretwizzen@gmail.com> - 2016-04-20 19:01 -0700
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-22 09:37 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2016-04-22 08:33 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-22 22:03 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Richard King <kingsley651@webby.org> - 2016-04-22 18:22 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-22 19:48 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-22 17:24 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-22 22:18 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-22 22:26 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-22 22:43 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-22 22:50 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-22 22:57 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-23 13:07 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2016-04-23 09:58 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-22 21:48 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-22 17:00 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-22 21:56 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-22 19:39 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-23 15:25 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-23 13:14 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-23 18:37 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-23 16:50 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-23 21:15 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-23 18:36 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-23 23:24 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2016-04-22 08:21 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-22 10:04 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2016-04-23 00:09 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-23 00:18 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-23 05:59 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-26 12:46 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-26 19:04 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-26 20:40 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-26 17:48 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-26 22:14 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2016-04-23 23:15 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-23 23:30 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2016-04-24 08:52 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-04-24 10:06 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Fabian Russell <fb@zen.info> - 2016-04-24 15:59 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2016-04-24 15:45 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-25 10:19 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2016-04-25 20:26 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-25 23:24 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-26 05:03 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-26 11:40 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-04-25 15:14 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-25 12:05 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-04-25 18:06 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-26 12:41 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-04-26 18:03 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-26 17:39 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-04-27 05:50 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-04-27 06:43 -0500
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge William Poaster <wp@dev.null> - 2016-04-27 13:11 +0100
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-04-27 13:32 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-04-27 07:32 -0700
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-04-27 15:02 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-04-27 08:17 -0700
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-04-27 16:21 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-04-27 09:42 -0700
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-04-27 21:39 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-27 23:25 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-04-28 05:34 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2016-04-28 05:37 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-04-28 05:42 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-27 11:45 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-04-27 16:23 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-04-27 18:40 +0200
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-04-27 09:58 -0700
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-04-27 20:57 +0200
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-04-27 12:06 -0700
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-04-27 22:44 +0200
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-27 13:38 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-04-27 11:07 -0700
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-27 15:51 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-04-27 13:30 -0700
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2016-04-27 21:38 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-28 11:33 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-04-28 09:14 -0700
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-28 14:17 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-04-28 18:49 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-04-29 08:42 -0700
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-29 13:42 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-04-29 10:54 -0700
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-04-29 11:20 -0700
Re: Snit digest 214 / 2016-04-29 Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-04-30 00:31 +0200
Re: Snit digest 214 / 2016-04-29 DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-29 19:00 -0400
Re: Snit digest 214 / 2016-04-29 DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-30 10:36 -0400
Re: Snit digest 214 / 2016-04-29 chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-05-02 07:54 -0500
Re: Snit digest 214 / 2016-04-29 Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-05-02 15:55 +0200
Re: Snit digest 214 / 2016-04-29 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-05-02 07:23 -0700
Snit digest 215 / 2016-05-02 Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-05-02 14:39 +0000
Re: Snit digest 215 / 2016-05-02 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-05-02 07:54 -0700
Re: Snit digest 214 / 2016-04-29 Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-05-02 14:36 +0000
Re: Snit digest 214 / 2016-04-29 Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-05-02 07:53 -0700
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-04-29 11:11 -0700
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-04-29 14:44 -0700
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-29 17:53 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2016-04-29 23:56 +0200
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-29 18:09 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-04-29 19:09 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-04-30 07:31 -0700
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-05-01 08:21 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-05-01 08:47 -0700
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-02 14:54 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-05-02 21:54 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-04-28 15:39 -0600
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-04-29 08:48 -0700
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-04-29 16:57 -0600
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2016-04-27 21:33 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-04-28 05:45 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-04-27 21:32 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2016-04-27 21:48 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-27 22:57 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-04-28 05:44 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-29 16:32 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-27 23:05 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-04-28 03:20 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-04-28 09:52 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2016-04-29 02:46 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Steve Carroll <fretwizzer@gmail.com> - 2016-04-29 08:33 -0700
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Norman Peelman <npeelman@cfl.rr.com> - 2016-04-30 09:31 -0400
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-04-28 05:42 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> - 2016-04-28 06:17 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Sandman <mr@sandman.net> - 2016-04-28 06:56 +0000
Re: A maybe interesting code challenge Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2016-04-28 05:46 -0400
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