[aklug] Re: perl lists question, sorting, sort of.

That is alot of strange idiosyncratic babble I have ever seen to print a
simple hosts file I.P addresses with a sort. Wouldn't python ... or even
bash be easier? Perl scares me
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:36 PM, Michael Fowler <michael@shoebox.net> wrote:

> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 04:26:49PM -0800, Arthur Corliss wrote:
> > On Tue, 17 Aug 2010, Michael Fowler wrote:
> >
> >> inet_aton($a) cmp inet_aton($b) would be a simpler means of
> >> accomplishing the sort, though both are going to choke on IPv6
> >> addresses. What do you have against IPv6, Arthur?
> >
> > If you're going to go that route you should be using <=> not cmp. You're
> > right, though, inet_aton is definitely shorter.
>
> inet_aton does not return a number, it returns a packed string of four
> bytes.
>
>
> >> Also, /sm? You have joined the cargo cult!
> >
> > :-) I differ with Conway in several areas, but I can't fault his logic on
> > the regex bit.
>
> I don't know what that means; I have thus far avoided Perl Best
> Practices. /sm on your regex is entirely superfluous, and indicates you
> may have meant something else, which makes your intent unclear.
>
>
> > <Sheesh> You get points for completeness, but at some point that really
> > belongs in a script, not a one-liner! Man, I bet your history file is in
> > MB... ;-) Good show!
>
> An email is a file! I don't create one liners with line breaks. When
> they get much past 300 characters I stop using the shell for it. I
> simply tested it with copy and paste.
>
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> Michael Fowler
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