A thing is itself. Whan a thing is cool, it is because it is cool. A red paint is not a mirror, reflecting the essense of something else; it is red in it's own right. So it is with perl. Perl is indeed cool. This is inherent. The nature of the thing is to offer many paths to the mountain top, and to permit the creativity of the worker to shine all the light they have, unloike some means which place artificial constraints on the user. Perl is cool for perl helps to transform vision to reality, without shackling you. Perl is only a Bondage and Disipline language (like PASCAL) if you want it to be. It is up to you. For further study, reflect on the classic meditation, The Zen of Programming.

In reply to Re: What is it about perl that makes perl so cool? by Anonymous Monk
in thread What is it about perl that makes perl so cool? by zigster

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