Have you ever stopped to consider that what is crashing
your Perl is sitting between the keyboard and chair? Sherm Pendley in clpmisc, "Re: Perl IDE" (edited)
No one can ever predict all of the possible error conditions, of course;
as soon as we write idiot-proof code, along comes a better idiot.
But it's still worth making the attempt. Sherm Pendley in clpmisc (edited)
"a few lines of code" and "prevent it from being insecure" should
not appear in the same sentence. Tad McClellan in clpmisc, "Re: free source for bbs"
It's also amazing how much use Larry's getting out of his colon. (The
character, obviously). "The Perl 6 Summarizer".
And: Every book which has a title that promises you to learn something in
x weeks, day or even hours is lying. Tore Aursand in clpmisc, "Re: wow...jackpot."
Nevertheless, any resemblance between the Perl design process and
bouncing down stairs is entirely coincidental. (I hope.) Larry Wall in p6l
Larry's First Law of Language Redesign: Everyone wants the colon. Larry Wall, "Synopsis 1 draft 1"
My assertion that we can do better with computer languages is a
persistent belief and fond hope, but you'll note I don't actually
claim to be either rational or right. Except when it's convenient. :-) Larry Wall in p6l, "Re: Containers vs Objects."
Nope. I used to think RPN was completely unnatural. Then I started
learning Japanese, and now I not so sure am. :-) Larry Wall in p6l.
Of course *most* users aren't going to do that. *Most* users aren't
trying to hack your site! You don't program securely for *most* users -
you program securely for the few users who *are* trying to be malevolent. Paul Lalli in clpmisc, "Re: free source authentication script"
He "steals".
You "reuse".
I "enhance the value of". "Alex" on comp.lang.perl.misc (slightly edited)