Quote #46
: And it goes against the grain of building small tools. Innocent, Your Honor. Perl users build small tools all day long.
More from Larry Wall
- And I don't like doing silly things (except on purpose).
- But you have to allow a little for the desire to evangelize when you think you have good news.
- ... an initial underscore already conveys strong feelings of magicalness to a C programmer.
- Down that path lies madness. On the other hand, the road to hell is paved with melting snowballs.
- We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.
- If I don't document something, it's usually either for a good reason, or a bad reason. In this case it's a good reason. :-)
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