To those new to programming Perl is Power. I can express myself in a month in Fortran or COBOL, in a week in pascal or C, in three days in C++. Yes, I'm old. I used to take my source deck down to the keypunch operator. I've kept up well. But . . .

In a day, or an hour, I can express myself in Perl. I thought I knew how to do this stuff. Now I know that I will be forever learning.

I bow.

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RE: Perl Is Power
by Anonymous Monk on Apr 14, 2000 at 00:18 UTC 
    A novice once came to the master.

- Master, what is the secret to achieve the Perl-nature?

- The secret is never to keep all of your underwear in the same drawer
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The novice, by then more than a bit pissed off at the master's cryptic
+ replies, said:

- I'm sorry, Master, I'm not enlightened enough to understand you. Wha
+t did you mean by that?

To which the master replied with a grin:

- How the hell am I supposed to know?

This elicited a wrathful response from the novice:

- I don't know why I'm wasting my time in this stupid monastery. This 
+Zen crap is all nonsense anyway.

As the novice went to pack his bags, the master nodded and said:

- Such a wise thing to say. This one has truly achived the Perl-nature
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      ...and the novice understood :o)
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RE: Perl Is Power
by Anonymous Monk on Apr 14, 2000 at 05:01 UTC
    I bow to you, sir.
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      Please don't. I'm just a humble novice on a path toward further light.
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