Larry Wall (1954) American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl
[199709241628.JAA08908@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997
“All my days I have longed equally to travel the right road and to take my own errant path.”
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That day, in Moscow, a true prophecy,
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