Re^2: What was the bait (project, problem or opportunity) that hooked you on Perl?

4.77 times a second ... original XT.

The clock speed of the 8088 in the original IBM PC was 4.77 MHz. Coincidence or no?

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Re^3: What was the bait (project, problem or opportunity) that hooked you on Perl? by mikeraz (Friar) on Apr 26, 2009 at 00:57 UTC
Coincidence indeed. We howled in laughter over it, when we weren't despairing over the application performance. The coincidence also assures that I'll never forget the incident. Be Appropriate && Follow Your Curiosity	[reply]