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Of course! 'There is more than one way to do it' is more general than perl itself.

One of the great advantages of perl is CPAN, and a few other languages are also blessed:

When you use another language, bring perl with you. Instead of wasting time with tedious integration problems, use perl as duct tape.

If you want to understand languages and problem spaces, check out MJD. His insight is so deep that we have to drop him a fiber so he can see daylight!

It should work perfectly the first time! - toma

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Re^2: Is there ever a time Perl is the wrong choice?
by Coruscate (Sexton) on Feb 05, 2003 at 07:56 UTC

    ... use perl as duct tape.

    First thing that came to mind reading this was The Red Green Show. I never actually watch it, but the infamous duct-tape-can-be-used-for-anything thing is known by most people. Now, all we need to do is create The Blue Yellow Show, where the motto is perl-can-be-used-to-tape-anything-together :) merlyn can be Uncle Blue, and vroom can be the nerdy nephew :P 

          C:\>shutdown -s
      >> Could not shut down computer:
      >> Microsoft is logged in remotely.

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