Abigail is very smart. Abigail knows a lot about Perl. Abigail has done quite a bit with it, and has answered MANY a question. Abigail does not like being asked questions that are in the FAQ, or that have already been asked in the newsgroup (since anyone who asks such questions are too lazy to research the question on their own).

Abigail is also fickle to an extent which bothers me. One question Abigail answered was:

"How can I display colored text?"

Abigail's answer was:

"<font color='...'>"

I was most displeased with Abigail's flippant answer. That was all Abigail wrote -- no "just kidding, here's more about what you probably wanted to know...", just that answer. The poster was not asking about HTML output (and why should Abigail respond with such an answer, seeing as how HTML and its related markup are verboten on clpm?), but rather about ANSI color.

Abigail is an interesting person to meet -- the amount of raw Perl knowledge Abigail has is rather awe-inspiring. But I really think Abigail needs to lighten up a little, or at least curb some of the frustration that gets pent up.

japhy -- Perl and Regex Hacker

In reply to Re: Perl Personalities by japhy
in thread Perl Personalities by georgebailey

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