in reply to Stop Using Perl

And, more sadness, Fefe called it brilliant.
He called "the talk" great. That's not necessarily the content of the talk (or may be ironic). And his hint at popcorn shows that he expects...
A strong response from the perl community
I think he is aware of the fact that perl is a tool, and any tool that is powerful enough for serious work provides the possibility to $self->{FOOT}->shoot()

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Re^2: Stop Using Perl
by shmem (Chancellor) on Jan 01, 2015 at 20:24 UTC
    ... (or may be ironic)

    He would have made that point and written "the talk, not the content".

    And his hint at popcorn shows that he expects...

    I read that rather as "Captain Obvious gives perl what it deserves."

    perl -le'print map{pack c,($-++?1:13)+ord}split//,ESEL'
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