The court finds everyone to be in contempt (including himself :-), and orders everyone sentenced to five years hard labor. (Working on Perl, of course.)
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Wall jokes that a court finds everyone, including itself, in contempt and sentences them to hard labor while working on Perl.
- In plain terms
- He humorously imagines a courtroom punishing programmers.
- What can you take from it?
- Hard work on Perl can feel like a punishment.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When does programming feel punitive?
- How can we keep morale high?
Another view
It's a joke, not a literal warning.
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