[PLUG] Long Perl regex...

[Paul Heinlein]

On Thu, 18 Sep 2003, Jeff Schwaber wrote:

> But I'm just having fun. =)

That's part of the allure of the *nix culture. You can approach
problems with a variety of toolsets, combining them playfully. The
long-term benefit of that culture is that its members become
producers, not consumers, of the solutions.

I don't know the source of the old quip, but it seems to apply
somehow: "A football game is 50,000 spectators who desperately need
exercise sitting in the stands watching 22 men on the field who
desperately need rest."

It's only the folks who play who get any real benefit out the game;
for the rest, it's just a passing entertainment.

--Paul Heinlein <heinlein at madboa.com>