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From:

Peter Scott

Date:

July 29, 2008 03:10

Subject:

Fun with open() on a string

Message ID:

pan.2008.07.29.10.10.32.609047@PSDT.com

This very nearly qualifies as an easter egg.  Inspect the following:
    perl -e 'close STDIN; open STDIN, "<", \$x; print <>'
Guess what it does.  Run it.  See if you were right.
Bugworthy?  I don't know; maybe, that's why I mention it here.  But it had
some entertainment value for me today.
-- 
Peter Scott
https://www.perlmedic.com/
https://www.perldebugged.com/

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