Re^2: Perl's driving design principle

Never attribute to stupidity that which can be adequately explained by malice.

(Not that this applies in this case, however.)

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Re^3: Perl's driving design principle by CountZero (Bishop) on Jul 24, 2007 at 06:48 UTC
I tend to to take a more optimistic view of mankind, but YMMV. Count Zero A program should be light and agile, its subroutines connected like a string of pearls. The spirit and intent of the program should be retained throughout. There should be neither too little or too much, neither needless loops nor useless variables, neither lack of structure nor overwhelming rigidity." - The Tao of Programming, 4.1 - Geoffrey James	[reply]
Re^4: Perl's driving design principle by jdporter (Paladin) on Jul 24, 2007 at 11:25 UTC
Optimism: belief that everything will work out well. Irrational, bordering on insane.	[reply]