| merlyn | memetic - what are you babbling about use File::Find get your list of things to act on then do it no need for "recursion" |
| somian | Yep, and I am an idiot because I let the darn cable co schedule a crew to come betw 1 and 3 |
| dazjorz | Every time I see my IRC client highlight a Perl module, I feel happy, until I realise that it thinks it's an URL |
| somian | dazjorz: I fee you feel* |
| memetic | Right, so perl doesn't really handle recursion very well. that's all I wanted, merlyn. Not a parade of alpha geek whinery! although I appreciate that, too. |
| dazjorz | :) |
| merlyn | perl handles recursion JUST FINE |
| somian | Of course |
| merlyn | it's just that directory traversal is not a recursive task necessarily that is |
| somian | In *any* language it is the *code* that isn't handling that, not the "language" If you have the right algorithm and implement it knowledgably, Perl will work fine |
| merlyn | In fact, between "bug in Perl about recursion", and "bug in your code", I'll put heavy money on "your code" |
| memetic | Okay, so then perl handles recursion just fine. |
| action | somian must go out for food for a bit |
| somian | must go out for food for a bit ca 15 minutes |
| merlyn | california 15? |
| memetic | Just curious, but I'm assuming that perl does keep all local variables with the subroutine in tact when that subroutine calls itself, and treats them separate from those in the newly called subroutine of the same name, yes? |
| merlyn | canadaian 15 memetic - if you use proper "my", yes |
| somian | LOL |
| memetic | I do. |
| merlyn | again, it's up to YOU to write the CODE correctly then yes it works |
| memetic | I'm also using strict. |
| merlyn | Perl is not fragile. It works as shown on the tin |
| bluefox83 | soooo..who here knows how to make an infobot respond to commands in chat instead of only in pm? |
| merlyn | are you using somethign POE-based? or literally "infobot"? |
| action | CPAN upload: Pod-InComments-0.8 by NARKED |
| CPAN | upload: Pod-InComments-0.8 by NARKED |
| bluefox83 | the actual infobot |
| cfedde | bluefox83: you could try messaging the bot. See what happens. |
| bluefox83 | yes thanks..that doesn't help |
| merlyn | bluefox83 - if you're just starting, stay away from infobot |