in reply to Meditation on the fate of Perl

Evan, what do you get out of this exactly?  Is it that big a badge of honor to annoy and insult as many people here as you can?

Sometimes I wonder if you have notes which you follow when you write this stuff, or if you've just got the key stratagems memorized.

From the EvanCarroll book of tips for getting a node to top of the Worst Nodes List in record time: 

1.  Start out with a contemptuous, pejorative salutation
    "Dear fellow senile old fashioned monks,"

2.  Call into question Perl's fate
    "I was recently pondering the future of Perl"
    "My first interpretation was that Perl was surely dead"
    "Perl really needs better armament if it is to withstand the needs of today's programmers"
    "a lack of ruby-like-agility"

3.  Compare Perl unfavorably to other languages to quickly incur the wrath of others
    "in light of other newer, buzzier, and generally better languages"

4.  Link to a gratuitous, irrelevant video of an animal getting killed to incite negative feelings
    "when I came upon this video"

5.  Link to another of one's own successfully negative trolling posts
    "namely not using tabs"

I must admit, though, that #4 was a new one, even for you.  Surely you'll be at the top of your desired list in the very near future.

Good luck with those goals!

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Re^2: Meditation on the fate of Perl
by grinder (Bishop) on May 13, 2007 at 17:06 UTC

    heh heh, I upvoted the root node, that will foil his dastardly plan :)

    • another intruder with the mooring in the heart of the Perl

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      I ++ this reply for the evil plan ;-)

      Open source softwares? Share and enjoy. Make profit from them if you can. Yet, share and enjoy!

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      If you check the worst nodes thingy before go vote yo ucan see if you need to vote up or down to keep the node at -10 ;)
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Perl freaks do it better [was: "Re^2: Meditation on the fate of Perl"]
by blazar (Canon) on May 14, 2007 at 19:44 UTC
    Good luck with those goals!

    You know, the problem with our Junior Oracle is that he is not prolific enough. For one-shots like this one, the relatively new acquisition of the monastery seems to be more effective. (Although the yearly chart would disprove my claim - it's just a gut feeling, anyway.) In any case quantity may win over quality: as the holder of an entry rating relatively high (high) in the infamous lists myself, I must say that I was impressed seeing my name there, but my eyes literally glazed when seeing at some point the whole of the Worst Nodes of The Week hit taken entirely by a single user as follows - this is perseverance, monks:

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