Perl: “$” doesn’t really mean end of string

Who ate my newline? It’s 2023, Perl is ranked below COBOL, but I still consider it as my loyal working horse. But even the most loyal horse will give you a grand kick in the bottom every now and then. So let’s jump to the problematic code: #!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; my $str = [...]

Writing about timing and timing constraints: Kind-of behind the scenes

Oh my goodness I’ll say this from the start: This is me babbling. You have been warned. Don’t expect anything coherent in this post. Not that I necessarily keep things very tidy in my other posts, but this one is clearly me typing at full speed, not trying to be organized or anything. I’ll buy [...]