X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,113eacc498e6ddfb X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-11-06 14:36:09 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!128.230.129.106!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news1.optus.net.au!optus!news0.optus.net.au!not-for-mail From: "Andrew" Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art References: Subject: Re: Request for ASCII art of Larry Wall Lines: 87 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Message-ID: Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 09:36:07 +1100 NNTP-Posting-Host: 203.202.109.33 X-Trace: news0.optus.net.au 1005086167 203.202.109.33 (Wed, 07 Nov 2001 09:36:07 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 09:36:07 EST Organization: CWO Customer - reports relating to abuse should be sent to abuse@cwo.net.au Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.ascii-art:9765 "Taliszanna" wrote in message news:Pine.LNX.4.21.0111061428270.6349-100000@chem4823.usask.ca... > On Tue, 6 Nov 2001, Andrew wrote: > > > I am an ASCII art novice. I would be interested to see ASCII art > > of Larry Wall's head (about 70 characters wide if possible) -- > > just the head, not the body -- taken from his cartoon at: > > > > http://www.geekculture.com/geekycomics/Aftery2k/fanclub/standups/actionfigur > > es/larrywall.html > > > > This is for use in the Perl CPAN Acme::EyeDrops module. > > > > Andrew. > > I am assuming that you want non-converted ASCII - yes? Sadly, I > am also only a novice... > > ----- > Sincerely, "Her Poopiness" > (Tali/Jessie Brown/Pope Dances-with-Earwax) > http://talis_white_crow.tripod.com/ > > ~*~ Jolt Cola: tastes filthy, kicks like a mule on speed. ~*~ > It seems what I would really like is a specialised subset of ASCII art, namely ASCII art that also happens to be a valid Perl program. By tracing Larry's head from the cartoon mentioned above, this is the best I have come up with so far (a Perl "hello world" program). ''=~('('.('?'). '{'. ((( '`'))| '%' ).+( '[' ^'-' ).( '`'| '!' ).+( ( '`' )|(( ( ',' )))) .+ ( '"' ).+( ( ( '[' ))^ (( (( '+' ))) )) . ((( '[' ))^+ ( ')' )). ('`' | ')' ).( '`'| ( '.' )). ('['^'/') . ((( '{' )) ^ (( '[' )) ) .+ ((( ( ( (( ((( ( '\\') ))) ) )) ))) ) .'"'.('`'|'(').('`'|'%').('`'|(',')).( '`' | ( ',')).( ( ( "\`"))| ( '/' ) ) . ((( (( ( ( ( '{' )) ) ))) ) ^ ( '[' ) ) . ( '[' ^ ( ',' ) ) .(('`')| ( ( '/'))).( ( (( '[' ) ) ) ^+ ( (( ( ')')) ) ) ). ( (( ( ( ( ( ( ( (( ( '`' )))))))))))|+ ( ',')).("\`"| (( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( '$' ) ) ) ))) )) ) ) ) )))).'\\'.'\\'.("\`"| ( ( ( '.')))).'\\'.'"'.(';').( ( ( ( '!')))^'+').'"'.'}'."\)"); ( ( ( $:))) ='.'^('~');$~= '@' | ( ( '(') ) ; $^ = (( ')' ))^'[';#;#;#; #;# ; # ; #; # ; # ; # ; # ; # ; # ; # ; # ; # ; # ; # ; # ;#; #; # ; #;#;#;#;#;# ; Andrew.