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Almost nothing in Perl serves a single purpose.

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Larry Wall
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: September 27
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The potential of greater good goes right along with the potential for greater evil.
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Portability should be the default.
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I think operating systems work best if they're free and open. Particular applications are more likely to be proprietary.
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I wouldn't ever write the full sentence myself, but then, I never use goto either.
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And besides, if Perl really takes off in the Windows space, I think the rest of us would just as soon have a double-agent within ActiveState.
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