A random sampling of Perl humor, mostly courtesy of Larry Wall, taken from the links below:

#define SIGILL 6       /* blech */
double value;          /* or your money back! */
short changed;         /* so triple your money back! */

/* we have tried to make this normal case as abnormal as possible */

echo "Congratulations.  You aren't running Eunice."
echo "ICK, NOTHING WORKED!!!  You may have to diddle the includes.";;
echo "Your stdio isn't very std."

I think it's a new feature.  Don't tell anyone it was an accident.  :-
+)

Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying
to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi

cc -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/
+usr/include/gdbm -g -Dan_Sugalski -Larry -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes...
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Perl Monks Quips:

• Monk's quips by BrowserUk (2004)
• Random quotes in the top left corner by cog (2005)
• I want more monkquips by ambrus (2009)

Related PM Nodes:

• My favorite hoax was: by apl (2011 poll)
• are there any easter eggs in perl? by morgon (2014)

See also:

• The Lighter Side of Perl Culture (Part I): Introduction

External References:

• Perl Humour (comprehensive list from Perl Beginners Site, restored from Perl_humour page at offline perl.net.au wiki)
• Larry Wall quotes (wikiquote)
• Programming quotes (wikiquote)
• What's your favourite quote about Programming? (stackexchange)

References Added Later

• Promoting old (2009) node: "I want more monkquips" by kcott (2023)
• Monk Quips Quest by erzuuli (2023)

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