Interesting points you have. But I still stick to the "Bushido in Perl
+" concept. Bushido in Perl(or rather, Perl in the Bushido context) is
+ just a metaphorical interpretation in the essence for all Perl progr
+ammers. If you take it too literally, you should not be in this poetr
+y page. For proof :


(Facing Difficulty) - Remember how you tamed the beasts of those line 
+noises? I am sure many does, just like those Bushido facing his great
+est sworn enemy.

(Courage) - We all have the courage(even confident) in our art to the 
+extreme that we even play Golf with it. We don't see people in other 
+camps does this.

(Benevolence) - I have notice Perl programmers don't snob at newbies. 
+I can't say this to other kind of programmers.

(Respect) - We hold great respect for all supra-mundane codes, this wa
+y we will all learn.

(Honesty) - You must be true to your own self, else your code will not
+ execute.

(Honor) - We all hold great honor of being a Perl programmer, perhaps 
+feeling a little too much in the honor to the state that we all becam
+e hubris about it.

(Loyalty) - I had notice all true Perl programmer hold a great loyalty
+ to this language, even to the extend of waxing poetries in this page
+ ;)
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You have some excellent ideas there, though they could be refined a bit with a further understanding of bushido.

I don't think the grandparent was suggesting that there can be no link between bushido and Perl. Merely that your published poem doesn't really demonstrate that link. As a comedic piece, it's mildly amusing, but it doesn't address any of the ideals of bushido -- in fact, those who follow that path might even take offense.

It's OK if you were trying to be offensive -- art that offends is sometimes the most useful -- but if you were trying to extoll bushido, you need to rework some of its concepts into your poem.

radiantmatrix
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That was exactly my point radiantmatrix, and thanks for posting your reply.

To expand on this, the code posted is fun and interesting but could be seen as any sword style, both western and eastern, if you substitue katana for sword of choice (gim, broadsword, bastard sword, grosse messer, etc...). So the title is wrong, katana ne Bushido. I should point out that I don't take offense to the title or the poster's lack of knowledge of the Bushido, I merely wished to point out the title is incorrect, though it has caused me to give some thought to a perl poem based on some principle of Bushido...once things calm down at work (inventory time).

"Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - I think that I think, therefore I think that I am." Ambrose Bierce

I'll just have let you take on from here and decide if I am trying to be offensive or am I trying to extoll bushido. You can be in whatever emotion you want to be.