You don’t get to..
#Facebook you don't get to 100 million friends without making a few enemies
#CPAN you dont get to 140,458 modules without seeing a little baloney
#Cpanm you don’t get to become our fav util without the brew’s company
#Perl you don’t get to be called the dead lang until you finish of us zombies
and #Perl 6- you dont get to be the defacto Perl , without giving a DATE of RELEASE :D
woot woot.

Note -thanks to everyone on perlmonks and twitter for their sincere advice, which inspired me to write this piece.

I wrote my car in Perl, my project for today,
I started with use gas, and proceeded on my way,
But a friend who's eco-friendly, and perhaps a bit eccentric,
Changed it to require, and Acme::clean::electric,
And that's when things got strange, and all about was hectic,
Though, searching through the code i was not able to detect it.

I wrote my bed in Perl, to sleep upon my code,
I dreamt a fairy came, and turned me into a toad,
I hopped upon my pillow, bellowing, "oh gribbit!"
"If my princess frog arrives, the kiss, but who will give it?"
I woke up in a sweat, and after just a minute,
I fixed a nasty bug, and tons of others in it.

I wrote my house in Perl, to save a bit of rent,
I still don't have the money, nor an idea where it went,
But on that fateful day, when my friend came and arrived,
He found so many bugs, we're amazed that i survived,
Well, there was a patch or two, without a thought contrived,
That worked in the short term, but was longevity deprived.

And that's my life of code, which worked until a friend,
Or unconscious source, showed me what had to bend,
I might just try again, but plan before i do,
To use others' advice, (and check on CPAN too,)
For though it's great homemade, and i do adore home brew,
It usually is better, to sit and think things through.

I'd code without my eyes, if i could still see.
I'd code with no soul, but that wouldn't be me.

I'd code without my head, but how would i think?
I'd code with no mouth, but how would i drink?

I'd code without my ears, but who'd hear me shout?
I code with no hair, i already pulled it out.

I'd code without my hands, but my digits would fall,
I'd make up with my toes, but i don't have the gall.

I'd code without my fingers, but keys must be pressed,
I could peck with my nose, who would have guessed?

I could code with no knees, there's some room to bend,
I could try with no legs, and start a short trend.

I might code with my feet, just don't jump to conclusions,
My clone could take over, but that'd lead to confusion.

I'd code without my heart, no...no, i just couldn't.

The Monastery Gates for my mates,
And Past Polls for the trolls.

Meditations bring elation,
And Obfuscated code, illumination.

A Perl Monks Discussion might have repercussion,
And Cool Uses for Perl can make your head whirl.

There's Perl News and Reviews
In the book nook,
and the Module nodule.

With Categorized Questions and Answers by freelancers,
And Tutorials where you go for all
the links, so you don't have to think.

Try Perl Poetry for a go at the
rhyming and timing.

But the jewel of the Monkdom is Seekers of Perl Wisdom

Though, don't be such a sneaky fox,
Come say hello in the Chatterbox

sub self($) {
    $world = shift;
    return ++$world;
}
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print "Life and death are balanced on the edge of a razor.\n";

sub razorsEdge {
    $life=shift;
    $death=shift;

  if ($death == $life) {
    $life = int(rand($death+1)*2);
    $death = int(rand($life+1)*2);
  }

  $life++ if ($life < $death);
  $death-- if ($death > $life);

  $life-- if ($life > $death);
  $death++ if ($death < $life);

  razorsEdge($life, $death);
}

razorsEdge($life, $death);
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