On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 07:29:05AM -0600, Tom Christiansen wrote:
> I suggest that the language list discuss this very matter: what
> Perl really *is*, so that we know the tenets and principles against
> which proposals can be measured.
Let's do that. Here's my opening gambit:
Well, enough clowning around. Perl is, in intent, a cleaned up and
summarized version of that wonderful semi-natural language known as
"Unix".
-- Larry Wall in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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"You can have my Unix system when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers."
