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Re: [perl] tag is a cruel joke, and user-defined tags don't do ja ck , squat. HELP! How do I use Perl!?
> Oddly enough, I don't want anyone to set up anything for me. The question
> I asked-- and I can't see how nobody understands this-- is how to be able
> to execute arbitrary Perl code. _A_R_B_I_T_R_A_R_Y_. Doesn't it seem a
> little odd that in a package almost entirely written in Perl, you have to
> use some idiotic subset of the language when you want to use YOUR OWN
> Perl?
Well... safe perl is part of perl, not minivend, and is there for security
sake. I hate it myself but you can get around it with the perl tag I sent you.
> program put "Hello world." on the page. I don't want to have to start
> using "return" instead of "print"; I don't want to have myself limited to
> using one return statement rather than multiple print statements.
substitute print with $var .= and you are ready to run. The reason returns
are used is because your perl goes through all this extra stuff, and it
would be too much bloat and trouble to redirect stdout. As if there isn't
enough bloat when you get right into it. Must make some sacrifices for
everything new you use. But hey to each there own.
Still, more people listen to constructive criticism than blazing attacks.
And once you get people to listen they might actually act.
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