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in thread evolving - meaning of life?

The great god Larry existed before Perl did. He had a vision of a language and scripted for it before it existed(i.e. the very first script existed in the mind of the great god Larry)! That language was Perl. My point was The (first) Script existed in the scriptors(i.e. the language creators) mind before the script engine gets programmed and without a scriptengine the script don't exist bugfree i.e. it is no script until it is run! By having a vision the scriptor exists before the script in itself. Am I correct?

JanneVee

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It's the script
by gryng (Hermit) on Sep 09, 2000 at 22:38 UTC
    Far be it from my humble self to forsake the notion that the Great God Larry came before the first script. But how can you deny the possibility that the script, that is Perl, was so persuasive, that it existed even before it was conceived by our savior, Larry?

    That is to say, Perl was so inevitable of an evolution that Fate took Perl and figuratively shoved it down our savior's Larry, may the camels forever flock in his presence, throat?

    Humbly yours,
    Gryn

      But how can you deny the possibility that the script, that is Perl, was so persuasive, that it existed even before it was conceived by our savior, Larry?

      Because that the existance of this monestary is only possible through by our saviour, Larry! We would have no fate, camels or this very discussion without the Great God Larry. He created our world with his mind. The script in the form we know it wouldn't exists with out the mind of Larry our savior!

      Humbly yours,
      JanneVee

        I agree that without our saviour, Larry, we would not have such brilliant camel worship as we do today.

        However I do not think it is fair to say that Perl itself could not have existed as an idea without host mind. That is, an idea does not need someone to think it, to be.

        I'm reminded of the song by Bjork which talks about all the machines and inventions of the world lying under a mountain waiting for their time to come out. Just because no mortal (even a saint!) has thought of something, doesn't mean it can't exist on some level.

        My final arguement is along the lines of an idea that was thought of by mortals, and later lost or forgotten. A close example is Greek Fire (although we still know of the "idea" of Greek Fire, just not the ingredients, it's a close example). Just because we mortals and saints have forgotten ancient wisdom, does not keep it from existing in some other planar sort of existance.

        Meta-Cheers,
        Gryn