Acme::Morse(3pm)

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✨ Acme::Morse 💖

okay bestie, so this is Acme::Morse, and it lives in the User Contributed Perl Documentation section (that's the 3pm part, iykyk 🎀). it's a Perl module that lets you do, and i cannot stress this enough, Perl programming in morse code. yes fr fr. that's the whole bit. it's iconic, it's unhinged, it's giving genius. 🦋

🌸 NAME 🌸

Acme::Morse — Perl programming in morse code 🫶

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

        use Acme::Morse;

        print "S-O-S\n";

like. look at it. so clean, so cute, so normal. for now. 🙈

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

bestie, here's the tea: the very first time you run a program under use Acme::Morse, the module converts your program to Morse code. and the code continues to work exactly as it did before — no cap!! it just… looks like this now:

        use Acme::Morse;
        .--.-..--..---.-.--..--.-..--..---.-.--.
        .-.-........---..-..---.-..-.--..---.--.
        ..-.---......-...-...-..--..-.-.-.--.-..
        ----..-.-.--.-..--..-.-...---.-..---.--.
        .-...-..--.---...-.-....

it's giving dot dash dot dash main character energy. your source file said "i'm going to a rave" and honestly? slay. 👑

🔥 DIAGNOSTICS 🔥

sometimes things get messy, and here's what the module tells you when they do:

  • "Can't encode '%s'" — Acme::Morse could not access the source file to modify it. so rude of the filesystem honestly 💀
  • "Can't transmit '%s'" — Acme::Morse could not access the source file to execute it. again with the access problems. the file said "not today". 😭

🎀 AUTHOR 🎀

Damian Conway (as if you couldn't guess) ✨ — honestly the most valid parenthetical in all of the Perl ecosystem, periodt.

Copyright (c) 2001, Damian Conway. All Rights Reserved.
This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed
and/or modified under the terms of the Perl Artistic License
(see http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html)
reminder bestie: it's free software, you can use it, redistribute it, and/or modify it — as long as you keep it under the terms of the Perl Artistic License. the link is right there in the block above, don't lose it. 🫶

and that's the whole page!! this one was shipped with perl v5.36.0, dated 2022-10-13 — so yeah, this little morse-code menace has been vibing in the docs for a minute. go forth and dash your dots, queen. 💅🌈⭐🍓🧚💖

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