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Reserve your abuse for your true friends.

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Larry Wall
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
Computer Scientist
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LA
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I still drive my 1977 Honda Accord. The paint is almost all worn off. It's still running.
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I think that's easier to read. Pardon me. Less difficult to read.
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My arthritic pinkies are already starting to ache just thinking about ||||=.
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