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Think of prototypes as a funny markup language--the interpretation is left up to the rendering engine.

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Larry Wall
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
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Though I'll admit readability suffers slightly.
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I think it's a new feature. Don't tell anyone it was an accident.
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Let's say the docs present a simplified view of reality.
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I talked about becoming stupid, but I've always been stupid. Fortunately I've been just smart enough to realize that I'm stupid.
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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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