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If Perl Existed in the 1960's...

Any more ideas?

Personally I think there wouldn't have been any restrictions nor warnings.

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Re^2: poll ideas quest
by rinceWind (Monsignor) on Mar 11, 2007 at 16:28 UTC

    Some more for you:

    • ... It would have absorbed APL into its syntax;

    • ... MIT Labs would have written an operating system in it as a proof of concept;

    • ... The NSA would have slapped export restrictions on it as a weapon;

    --
    Apprentice wetware hacker

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Re^2: poll ideas quest
by thezip (Vicar) on Mar 11, 2007 at 19:12 UTC
    ... it would have had a profound effect on Hippies

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      ... it would have had a profound effect on Hippies

      And vice versa? :-)

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