garrettdreyfus

Another good one, thanks.

Updated it to your suggestion.

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Rookie mistake missing those $. I think that python is different. One of the advantages of Perl for me is that it's more forgiving.This can suck sometimes especially if your trying to keep your code error proof. I've programmed for 3 years now. Its heavily impacted my thoughts. Often when giving directions I'll find myself self slipping into python pseudocode, "if you see the store turn right" or "while your on this road look for_." These are of course minor phrasing changes but not what I would have said before I knew python. Perl is refreshing because it seems to conform to how I think, not force me to think like it.

I first looked at perl last week and also shared your sentiment. At first when I saw perl I was aghast. The "ugly" $%@ syntax seemed pointless and unreadable. Then I decided to take a look at a non-beginner book, Intermediate Perl http://it-ebooks.info/book/879/. I was surprised and excited 50 pages in because I realized that Perl had a wealth of tricks , and that that "ugly" $%@ syntax actually had some cool repercussions. The other thing I noticed was that Perl's flexibility led to the ability to write code that was closer to how I would structure the command grammatically, for instance, "print x if x>5." I'm looking forward to learning perl further.

It's like shellgenius.

I also have no problems with a fresh install of Mavericks and VB 4.3

There's a great south park on that subject.

Mind was a website to schedule an elective class for my school, it launches in january.

If you mean something to strip css libraries, I wasn't able to find something equivalent on google. I also wasn't sure what to google for though.

I just finished this weekend hack I really like. https://github.com/garrettdreyfus/Libstripper It's a handy (i think) command line tool to extract the code you actually use from css libraries like bootstrap.

Not much compared to other comments here!

I love this negative ending to a negative thread on a negative article.

I believe the real issue we are discussing is do the ends justify the means. Is setting the precedent that you can buy a seat at a YC dinner worth a 20,000$ charitable donation. All in all I think it is. Also as a fifteen year old programmer whose parents definitely couldn't afford the 20k, I don't see this seat at the table as a great advantage and am thankful that the less fortunate will be helped.