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Interested in answering the question: WHICH CODE EXAMPLE IS THE PRETTIEST? Vote for your favorite (or post your own): [#] > #REPL (line numbers altered to differentiate) Nil [0] > $_ = 'gracefully' gracefully [1a] > put "The root of $_ is $/." if / .+ <before ly> /; The root of gracefully is graceful. [1b] > put "The root of $_ is $<>." if / .+ <before ly> /; The root of gracefully is graceful. [1c] > print "The root of $_ is " andthen put $/ ~ '.' if / .+ <?before ly> /; The root of gracefully is graceful. [1d] > print "The root of $_ is " andthen put $<> ~ '.' if / .+ <?before ly> /; The root of gracefully is graceful. [1] > [2a] > put "Or is the root of $_ $/?" if / .+ <before full> /; Or is the root of gracefully grace? [2b] > put "Or is the root of $_ $<>?" if / .+ <before full> /; Or is the root of gracefully grace? [2c] > print "Or is the root of $_ " andthen put $/ ~ '?' if / .+ <?before full> /; Or is the root of gracefully grace? [2d] > print "Or is the root of $_ " andthen put $<> ~ '?' if / .+ <?before full> /; Or is the root of gracefully grace? [#] > On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 1:44 PM Sean McAfee <eefacm@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 4:12 PM The Sidhekin <sidhekin@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, Dec 30, 2022 at 8:51 PM Vadim Belman <vrurg@lflat.org> wrote: >> >>> It is not "untrue". The sequence you produced goes nowhere. Thus the >>> sink context. >>> >> >> "Sink context" is true. >> >> "Useless use" is debatable, at least. >> > > It's not useless because there's a side effect: setting $/. > >