“The whole intent of Perl 5's module system was to encourage the growth of Perl culture rather than the Perl core.”

— Larry Wall

[199705101952.MAA00756@wall.org, 1997]
Usenet postings, 1997

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American computer programmer and author, creator of Perl 1954

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