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For the sake of argument I'll ignore all your fighting words.

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Larry Wall
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
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Natural languages generally are not designed by humans, they're just designed by the participants and you say something new and somebody else says, Oh, that's a cool way to say it, and the next thing you know, everyone is saying it because it's shiny.
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I don't like this official/unofficial distinction. It sound, er, officious.
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Down that path lies madness. On the other hand, the road to hell is paved with melting snowballs.
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It won't be covered in the book. The source code has to be useful for something, after all.
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