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Google says... (Score:2)

by ajt (2546)

pedesagittry? [slashdot.org]
Re:Pedesagittry (Score:1) by rubmytummy (677080) on Thursday March 15, @06:57PM (#18369073)

Damian Conway made it up to describe certain unintended side effects of (mis)using $_ in Perl.

Here's a hint: in Latin a sagittarius is a kind of archer, and a pedes viator is a traveler on foot.
I have no idea is this is in anyway true...

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- Re:Google says... (Score:1)
  
  by Aristotle (5147) <pagaltzis@gmx.de> on 2007.04.11 6:49 (#54327) Homepage Journal
  
  It looks right, but it doesn’t help me any. Archer and pedestrian? Now what?
  
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    by ajt (2546)
    
    You could just send an email to "The Damian" and ask him..?
    
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