See if you can get the following to run:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use Convert::UU qw (uudecode);
$string = "begin 644 uuencode.uu
M4\"X\@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(\&ES(\&\$\@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
";
$decoded = uudecode ($string);
print "$decoded\n";
It's not all that tricky but Peabrain will encounter some real-world
issues with the reality of programming today (APIs and actual
libraries). I wonder if he is able to decrypt the very simple message.
Actually, I don't. He won't have the first clue. Here's a hint - the
newsreader will have placed carriage returns or line feeds into the
source and the code from '$string' until 'end";' is a contiguous line.
There is no program logic involved. It's simply an exercise in the real
world. A real world, mind you all, that has existed for decades after
Peabrain's grandiose claims to understand computing.
This is simple stuff - Computing 101 but I'm almost certain that
Peabrain will be stymied by it despite the facile nature of the
"problem".
