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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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I'm sorry, but you just made me lose my sense of humor, which is deeply regrettable.
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But I know what's important to me, and what isn't. And I think I know what people can get used to, and what they can even learn to like. (It just takes some people longer than others. :-)
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