Re^2: The Slashdot Interview With Larry Wall

But some answers are hilarious, e.g. to someone asking about why Perl syntax is so bad:

> Perl and "Rizla fine rolling papers" should have a common tag line: It's what you make of it

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Re^3: The Slashdot Interview With Larry Wall by stevieb (Canon) on Jul 18, 2016 at 13:47 UTC
...and: "What do you say about this criticism and the exploited flaws?" LW: "Doctor, it hurts when I do this!" "Well then, don't do that."	[reply]
Re^4: The Slashdot Interview With Larry Wall by Erez (Priest) on Jul 19, 2016 at 11:00 UTC
I kinda like this quote, from a question, rather than from LW: "[learning Perl 6] involves learning a new language I thought I knew well. Principle of Least Astonishment: Any language that doesn’t occasionally surprise the novice will pay for it by continually surprising the expert	[reply]