Re: OT: Perl problem

["Andrew Kilgore" <amkilgore@xxxxxxx>]

> Oh well,  I'm in a different job now :-)

I hope it's not marketing...!!!
'The Punters would never know' sounds like marketing to me...!?!
:o)

Andy.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ward, David" <David.Ward@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 11:54 AM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT: Perl problem


> That's actually what we did ;-)
> I beleive the actual position was that 'The Punters would never know,
we'd
> just tell 'em it was the whole thing' - 'They probably won't even
notice
it
> anyway' .....  Oh well,  I'm in a different job now :-)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Kilgore [mailto:amkilgore@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 11:44 AM
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [ukha_d] OT: Perl problem
>
>
> Dave,
>
> As a programmer often put in the position of being asked to do
impossible
> things, I can sympathise with you...!?!
>
> Mind you, in your case I would have simply nodded and said
"Sure".
> Then, get it to scroll the 1st 64kb of the sequence repeatedly.
> You'll find that testers can be lazy beasts when it comes to testing
stuff
> like this...!!!
>
> > Ahh, 'Designers'
> And let's not start about Marketing...!?!
>
> ;-)
>
> Andy.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ward, David" <David.Ward@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 11:38 AM
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] OT: Perl problem
>
>
> > Tony,
> >
> > Go on then I'll ask.  I'm dying to know what you are doing with
the
data?
> >
> > A previous employer once asked me to program a scrolling LED
message
> display
> > with the entire human genome sequence,  I had graet difficulty
explaining
> > that not a great deal would fit into the 64kb memory of the
thing....
Ahh,
> > 'Designers'  - appologies to any designers here ;-)
> >
> >
> > Dave
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tony Butler [mailto:lists@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 11:32 AM
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] OT: Perl problem
> >
> >
> > Quoting Ant <ant@xxxxxxx>:
> >
> > > On Thursday 17 July 2003 10:23, you wrote:
> > >
> > > > Ye gods - why do so many of u know what a DNA sequence
looks like?
:)
> > > > Correct on both counts - no white space, no nothing.
> > >
> > > I've got A level biology, me ;) I've posted a solution to
the list.
> >
> > Of that's alright then :0
> >
> > Thanks Ant, Phillip, Kieran for your answers.
> > It's always nice to know that given the same problem, each
programmer
> comes
> > up
> > with a different solution that will do the job.
> >
> > But which one is "best"? :)  (kidding)
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> > Tony
> >
> >
> >
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