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On Tue, 15 May 2001, Jason Henry Parker wrote:
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> On Tue, May 15, 2001 at 09:52:47AM +1000, Clinton Roy wrote:
> > So, (assuming that Perl doesn't add newlines when it prints,
>
> Only if you run the interpreter with the -l option, which has other
> magic associated with it.
>
> > like
> > Python does), I'd expect something like the following to work:
> >
> > #! /usr/bin/perl
>
> For fecks sake! -w! -w! USE -w! USE STRICT!
>
> > print "Content-type: text/plain\r\n";
> > print "\r\n";
> > print "foo";
>
> Are you people trying to troll me into a Perl presentation or what?
YES PLEASE !
>
> #!/usr/bin/perl -w
>
> =head1 NAME
>
> sample.pl - show folks how to code CGI in perl (more) correctly
>
> =cut
>
> =head1 BUGS
>
> Uses the more simple procedural interface to CGI.pm instead of the
> object-oriented interface, in deference to simplicity.
>
> =cut
>
> use strict;
> # use diagnostics; # for 5.6.0 and above only
>
> use CGI qw/:standard :netscape/;
>
> print header,
> start_html('This is how one writes CGI scripts in perl'),
> h1('USE the -w flag'),
> blink('Code without the -w flag is like running with scissors.'),
> h1('USE STRICT'),
> blink('The strict pragma can save you from entire worlds of hurt.'),
> end_html;
>
> jason
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