Brethren and Sistren,

For those who might not be aware of it, Larry is posting a LOT in perl.perl6.language (on Usenet) lately (12/20/03). While I won't pretend to understand the discussion, I really enjoy reading it, and I really appreciate the fact that he is hangin' with his peeps. I don't think the group is moderated, which means that anyone can jump in, which, you know, is ultimately the point of open source/development, whatever you want to call it. Perl 6 is coming. The time to complain (which can be the best contribution of all) is now and, I mean, why not take it to the top?

Was that preachy? I confess, I did sort of mean it to be. I think it is important that people who understand and work with Perl day to day....

OK, I'm going to stop now.

--
"You've spouted a great deal of very useful nonsense. Thanks."
Larry Wall - 12/19/03 perl.perl6.language

(disclaimer--he was not saying that to me)
ackme

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