perl ascii - pilgrims

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#!/usr/bin/perl
# Come forth all ye pilgrims to this monastary of learning.
# Bringeth your Manpages and the books of O'Reilly and hold 
# them up to the lord.  They contain truths that cannot be
# denied.  The road to wisdom is hard, but through the hills
# and valleys you will be not alone.  Persevere in your 
# studies, and know that some secrets are worth the toil. 

sub _{my($ox,$oy,$_x,$_y,$_c)= my($x,$y,$_x,$_y,$_c)=@_;my $oc=q().''.
$.[$x][$y];$oc=~ s)/) ),($.[$_x-1][$_y],$.[$_x][$_y],$.[$_x-1][$_y+1])
=(q( ),qq($_c),q( )),system(($^O eq qq(\x4D\x53\x57\x69\x6E\x33\x32))?
qq(\x63\x6c\x73):qq(\x63\x6c\x65\x61\x72)),($.[$x-1][$y],$.[$x][$y],#-
$.[$x-1][$y+1])=('o','^','/'),($y<$l-1)?($y++,($.[$x][$y]eq'/')?($x--)
:(($.[$x][$y]eq(q( )))?($x++):())):(($.[$x][$y],,$.[$x-1][$y],$.[$x-1]
[$y+1])=('|','|','o'));{for $x(@.){print @$x,}};return ($x,$y,$ox,$oy,
$oc)}while(defined($_=<DATA>)){@_=split(q(),$_),$l=50,,push(@.,[@_]),}
$i=@q;for(ord q()..ord q(=)){(($_ % 3 eq @q)&($i<5))?(push(@m,[5,'',''
,'']),$i++):();for $m(@m){(@$m)=_(@$m),}select $,,$,,$,,0.2,,};__END__
                                                             
                                                     +       
               __                                    |       
             _/  \_            ________           + (_) +    
          __/\/\/\/\__        /        |         (_)|o|(_)   
         /            \    /\/          \____    |o||+||o|   
___  ___/              \__/                  \___|___n___|__/
   \/

-- 
Mark Hill

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