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Just don't create a file called '-rf.'

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Larry Wall
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
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I don't like this official/unofficial distinction. It sound, er, officious.
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Basically there's just so much stuff flowing past on the internet now, you have to let most of it go. And I've grown accustomed to the process of not worrying too much about the stuff I'm not getting to, because the important stuff will come back around.
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