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I think I'm likely to be certified before Perl is.

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Larry Wall
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
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Psychotics are consistently inconsistent. The essence of sanity is to be inconsistently inconsistent.
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Well, I think Perl should run faster than C.
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I'm never satisfied because I've been always interested in too many things and I always want to do everything at once.
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I just hope I'm never promoted to the level of my incontinence.
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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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Let's say the docs present a simplified view of reality.
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