Thus spoke Andy Dingley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (on 2006-06-23 18:10):
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
>> Python, like it's (evil?) cousin Perl,
> 
> Isn't that evil cousin Ruby?  Perl's the mad old grandmother in the
> attic, spewing out incomprehensible [EMAIL PROTECTED]&% swearing all day.


There's actually a (real) Anecdote about that:

Larry Wall, BDFL of Perl, working on some Perl4
code, was accompanied by his daughter:

Larry recalls this event later:

  "I'm reminded of the day my daughter came in,
   looked over my shoulder at some Perl 4 code,
   and said, 'What is that, swearing?


Regards

Mirco
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