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Perhaps I'm missing the gene for making enemies.
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I suppose one could claim that an undocumented feature has no semantics. :-(
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It is, of course, written in Perl. Translation to C is left as an exercise for the reader.
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The whole intent of Perl 5's module system was to encourage the growth of Perl culture rather than the Perl core.
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People who understand context would be steamed to have someone else dictating how they can call it.
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: No comment, since this is still hovering (see Larry's reply).Flutter, flutter.
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Beauty? What's that?
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Unix is like a toll road on which you have to stop every 50 feet to pay another nickel. But hey! You only feel 5 cents poorer each time.
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So I'm thinking about ??, or !!, or //, or \\, or whatever. But I think I like ?? the best so far. Or the least worst.
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There are still some other things to do, so don't think if I didn't fix your favorite bug that your bug report is in the bit bucket. (It may be, but don't think it.
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If I don't document something, it's usually either for a good reason, or a bad reason. In this case it's a good reason.
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Accidental stacks considered harmful.
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On the plus side, it's a lot easier in general to find /usr/include than cpp.
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Well, I think Perl should run faster than C.
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Let's say the docs present a simplified view of reality...
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True, it returns ' ' for false, but ' ' is an even more interesting number than 0.
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Almost nothing in Perl serves a single purpose.
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Okay, that's definitely enough hype.
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P.S. I suppose I really should be nicer to people today, considering I'll be singing in Billy Graham's choir tonight...
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Are you perchance running on a 64-bit machine?
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I don't like your I-can-use-anything-as-an-adjective attitude.
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Although the Perl Slogan is There's More Than One Way to Do It, I hesitate to make 10 ways to do something.
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Just don't make the '9' format pack/unpack numbers...
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I try not to confuse roles and traits in my own life. Being the Perl god is a role. Being a stubborn cuss is a trait.
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