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There ain't nothin' in this world that's worth being a snot over.
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If you're going to define a shortcut, then make it the base [sic] darn shortcut you can.
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(To the extent that anyone but a Prolog programmer can understand \X totally. (And to the extent that a Prolog programmer can understand 'cut'.)
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Must be a different Larry Wall. There are at least 137 of us in the U.S.
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Any false value is gonna be fairly boring in Perl, mathematicians notwithstanding.
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'Course, that doesn't work when 'a' contains parentheses.
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We question most of the mantras around here periodically, in case you hadn't noticed.
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Odd that we think definitions are definitive.
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Perhaps you should compile your Perl with long doubles one of these megaseconds.
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Help save the world!
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I wouldn't ever write the full sentence myself, but then, I never use goto either.
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The problem with being consistent is that there are lots of ways to be consistent, and they're all inconsistent with each other.
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Call me bored, but don't call me boring.
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Symmetry is overrated. Overrated is symmetry.
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Anybody want a binary telemetry frame editor written in Perl?
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There's often more than one correct thing.There's often more than one right thing.There's often more than one obvious thing.
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: But for some things, Perl just isn't the optimal choice.(yet)
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: And it goes against the grain of building small tools.Innocent, Your Honor. Perl users build small tools all day long.
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Double *sigh*. _04 is going onto thousands of CDs even as we speak, so to speak.
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So... Perhaps the Perl 6 slogan should be 'All Your Paradigms Are Belong To Us'. We'll get to that.
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As pointed out in a followup, Real Perl Programmers prefer things to be visually distinct.
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It would be possible to optimize some forms of goto, but I haven't bothered.
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The random quantum fluctuations of my brain are historical accidents that happen to have decided that the concepts of dynamic scoping and lexical scoping are orthogonal and should remain that way.
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In general, if you think something isn't in Perl, try it out, because it usually is.
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