[Linux-disciples] Catching URLs on the command line

[Stephen R Laniel]

On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 11:58:58AM -0500, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> I see your point, but maybe I've just been spending too much time
> with Perl. There are defaults everywhere in Perl, and programmers
> just learn to know what the default behavior is when a given
> operator doesn't get passed a variable name (e.g., 'm/(.*)/;').
> So perhaps not Unixy, but Perly?

Before anyone jumps on me for this: yes, I realize that
associating a default object with a verb is a different thing
than associating a default verb with an object. Still, I think
it'd be cool.

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