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in thread Why doesn't Perl default (more)

But it depends on what the meaning of the word "is" is.

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Re^4: Why doesn't Perl default (more)
by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Aug 21, 2020 at 13:21 UTC

    We are rambling into the briar but I am forced to consider: Is there a better summary in human history of why politicians and lawyers are both so widely disliked? Present company and Henry VI, Part 2 excepted of course.

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      On a more serious note:

      I think common law and especially the US flavor of it transforms lawyers to a priest cast like in ancient Egypt.

      Voodoo masters dominating the simple folk.

      To change your fate you're not sacrificing the lamb anymore but you're rather sueing it.

      Where I come from laws are made by parliaments and not by judges.

      Lawyers are not particularly unpopular here and their compensation for court suits is strictly regulated.

      Of course YMMV...

      Cheers Rolf
      (addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
      Wikisyntax for the Monastery

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      Define "dislike"!

      Cheers

      - A mathematician ;p

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