Thus it was written in the epistle of Tom Christiansen,
> Thank you for your compliments.
>
> > Would you be willing to give us a first shot at what Perl *is* to get the
> >discussion going?
>
> Only as slogans; deep analysis will require ascending a nearby summit.
>
> "Perl is a language you already know, but that you just don't
> know that you know."
>
> "Perl is a language for getting your job done."
>
> "Perl is the Cliff Notes of Unix."
>
> "Perl tries to fit itself around your brain instead
> of insisting on the reverse."
>
> And most importantly:
>
> "Perl makes programming fun again."
>
>
> --tom
Thanks. It appears that we could use a set of guiding principles--things to
which one can refer in making decisions about what goes in and how. There are
those who are quicker with the Wallisms than I, but I suspect that we could
find the appropriate quotes to set out the principles.
For example:
In general, if you think something isn't in Perl, try it out, because it
usually is. :-)
Although the Perl Slogan is There's More Than One Way to Do It, I hesitate to
make 10 ways to do something. :-)
If you want to program in C, program in C. It's a nice language. I use it
occasionally... :-)
I know it's weird, but it does make it easier to write poetry in perl. :-)
In general, they do what you want, unless you want consistency.
and perhaps
It's all magic. :-)
Ted
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Ted Ashton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), Info Sys, Southern Adventist University
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I recognize the lion by his paw.
-- Bernoulli, Jacques (Jakob?) (1654-1705)
[After reading an anonymous solution to a problem that he realized was
Newton's solution.]
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