in reply to Re^2: Gods of perl
in thread Gods of perl

BTW, why 'she' (or why not...)?
why 'he'? =)

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Re^4: Gods of perl
by hardburn (Abbot) on Nov 05, 2004 at 14:04 UTC

    Because Hebrew and Greek assign genders even to genderless objects like chairs and houses. "God" happens to be under the masculine gender.

    "There is no shame in being self-taught, only in not trying to learn in the first place." -- Atrus, Myst: The Book of D'ni.

      Because Hebrew and Greek assign genders even to genderless objects like chairs and houses. "God" happens to be under the masculine gender.
      sure, got your point. in german it's the same. but "God" is english.
      sheesh, I should have written 'they'.

      =)  <-- smiley

      update: =) =)

        Because Hebrew and Greek assign genders even to genderless objects like chairs and houses. "God" happens to be under the masculine gender.

        Except for Hebrew Genesis 1.1 where God (Elohim) strangely enough is a plural, which means...

        sheesh, I should have written 'they'.

        ...in that case you'd have been scientifically right.

        Cheerio, ...but why isn't Perl mentioned there then?... Sören

        You should take up Larry's habit of using a double-smiley when you really mean it.

        "There is no shame in being self-taught, only in not trying to learn in the first place." -- Atrus, Myst: The Book of D'ni.