I guess there are some things that are so gross you just have to forget, or it'll destroy something within you. Perl is the first such thing I have known.
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Re: can lisp do what perl does easily? (Usenet article)Erik Naggum
The whole intent of Perl 5's module system was to encourage the growth of Perl culture rather than the Perl core.
Larry Wall
Let's just hope that all the world is run by Bill Gates before the Perl hackers can destroy it.
Erik Naggum
We must not forget that mankind depends largely on animals, therefore we have a responsibilty for their welfare. If we destroy them - we destroy ourselves.
Begum Inaara Aga Khan
...Then you start building things like the Berlin wall to keep people inside your community. In anthropological terms, that's tribalism. A tribal Perl programmer might say, "If you leave the Perl tribe to go and join the Python tribe, we will hunt you down, cook you, and eat you." Or if you join the Ruby tribe, you will explode. By and large, I am not in favor of tribalism. Except for my tribe, of course.
Larry Wall
: But for some things, Perl just isn't the optimal choice.
(yet) :-)Larry Wall
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