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My arthritic pinkies are already starting to ache just thinking about ||||=.

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Larry Wall
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
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I think that's easier to read. Pardon me. Less difficult to read.
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Symmetry is overrated. Overrated is symmetry.
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Information doesn't want to be free. Information wants to be valuable.
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I don't like this official/unofficial distinction. It sound, er, officious.
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What you'll need most is courage. It is not an easy path that you've set your foot upon.
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Many days I don't write any code at all, and some days I spend all day writing code.
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It's hard to tune heavily tuned code.
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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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