You're absolutely right about the amount of effort that merlyn puts into helping people, but I just thought it was worth pointing out that the Perl community is full of people who put massive amounts of effort into Perl for little or no recognition. merlyn is far better known than, say, Nat, Schwern or Jarkko because he is the "public face" of the inner Perl Cabal. There are many others who as just as deserving of your thanks.

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