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I'd make people say 'use Fork' if I thought I could get away with it.
Larry Wall
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Larry Wall
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
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Over the long term, symbiosis is more useful than parasitism. More fun, too. Ask any mitochondria.
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For the sake of argument I'll ignore all your fighting words.
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Let us be charitable, and call it a misleading feature.
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Just don't create a file called '-rf.'
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It's there as a sop to former Ada programmers.
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Perhaps I'm missing the gene for making enemies.
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I note that the Python folks still think they like JPython. I wonder how long that will last?
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I wouldn't ever write the full sentence myself, but then, I never use goto either.
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