Excellent meditation talexb!

> Does it count? Absolutely. Any piece of code that puts a silly grin on one's face counts.

"Putting a silly grin on one's face" is perhaps my strongest motivator; it's what attracted me to Perl (and Perl Monks) in the first place. Back in the early 2000s, I remember how much more fun the Perl culture felt compared to Python and PHP, for example.

Given the many jokes from Larry Wall sprinkled throughout the early Perl source code and elsewhere, I'd say humour has always been a big motivator for Larry too. Just a couple from Larry Wall wikiquote to give you a feel: 

double value;  /* or your money back! */
short changed; /* so triple your money back! */

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Humour was the primary motivation for some of the PM nodes I'm most proud of, such as:

In reply to Re^3: Stupid Emotional Programmer Attachment, anyone? by eyepopslikeamosquito
in thread Stupid Emotional Programmer Attachment, anyone? by talexb

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