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The young think they are immortal, and are determined to prove otherwise.

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Larry Wall
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
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As someone pointed out, you could have an attribute that says 'optimize the heck out of this routine', and your definition of heck would be a parameter to the optimizer.
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The purpose of most computer languages is to lengthen your resume by a word and a comma.
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If you consistently take an antagonistic approach, however, people are going to start thinking you're from New York.
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And I don't like doing silly things (except on purpose).
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Almost nothing in Perl serves a single purpose.
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We don't have enough parallel universes to allow all uses of all junction types - in the absence of quantum computing the combinatorics are not in our favor.
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We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.
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Let's say the docs present a simplified view of reality.
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It is my job in life to travel all roads, so that some may take the road less travelled, and others the road more travelled, and all have a pleasant day.
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