in reply to What is the most important thing you learned from Perl?

I have two.

Everything should be a simple as possible and no simpler.
Just because you can, certainly doesn't mean you should.

The first is shamelessly stolen from a famous physicist, but it applies nicely to Perl.


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    First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
    -- Gandhi

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