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Larry Wall

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[Boxed] Multiple bouncing balls in a box are a metaphor for community. Notice how the escaping balls explode. This is what happens to people who move from Perl to Ruby.
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"The State of the Onion", perl.com, 2004-08-18
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In reference to the boxed screensaver that comes with xscreensaver.

 
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