Cool/useful short examples of Perl?

[Abigail]

On Wed, Jun 08, 2011 at 09:24:50AM +0100, Dirk Koopman wrote:
> On 08/06/11 08:31, Abigail wrote:
>>
>>
>>      unless (!something) {
>>         ...
>>      }
>>      else {
>>         ...     # Unless not something isn't true.
>>      }
>>
>
> An earnest question in the interview test along the lines of "what does  
> this mean and when would you use it" should weed several people out.
>
> Instant sacking (or promotion if in Britain) on sight would seem to be  
> an answer.
>


I'd rather go for sacking people that don't know the difference 
between 

    if (something) { ... }

and

    unless (!something) { ... }



Or does everyone think they are always equivalent?



Abigail