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“The choice of approaches could be made the responsibility of the programmer.”

[199709081901.MAA20863@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997

“What about WRITING it first and rationalizing it afterwards?”

[8162@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV, 1990]
Usenet postings, 1990

“So far we've managed to avoid turning Perl into APL.”

[199702251904.LAA28261@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997

“tt>pos += screamnext[ pos] /* does this goof up anywhere? */</tt”

Source code, <code>util.c</code>

“Personally, I like to defiantly split my infinitives.”

[199708271551.IAA10211@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997

“Help save the world!”

In README
Documentation

“Be consistent.”

In the perl man page.
Documentation

“Accidental stacks considered harmful.”

[20031213202246.GD18685@wall.org, 2003]
Usenet postings, 2003

“But I know what's important to me, and what isn't. And I think I know what people can get used to, and what they can even learn to like.”

It just takes some people longer than others. :-
[199809230518.WAA19312@wall.org, 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998

“I don't believe I've ever cuddled my elses.”

[199806221550.IAA07171@wall.org, 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998

“To Perl, or not to Perl, that is the kvetching.”

[199801200310.TAA11670@wall.org, 1998]
Usenet postings, 1998

“At many levels, Perl is a 'diagonal' language.”

[199709021854.LAA12794@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997

“It's all magic.”

[7282@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV, 1990]
Usenet postings, 1990

“I dunno, I dream in Perl sometimes…”

[8538@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV, 1990]
Usenet postings, 1990