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I just find it hard to imagine that there are more than a few dozen people on the planet capable of making any significant improvements to it
And there's no reason that AnonyMonk shouldn't try to become the (few dozen+1)th.

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Re^5: Hacking Perl (I think)
by Logicus (Initiate) on Aug 26, 2011 at 05:14 UTC
    That's true, but surely if He/She has what it takes to be at that level, His/Her talents would be better employed helping out with Perl 6?
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      Logicus:

      It's his itch, so he should choose when/where to scratch. I wouldn't presume to tell you to stop working on aXML to work on ?other web project thingie?.

      ...roboticus

      When your only tool is a hammer, all problems look like your thumb.

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        Couldn't agree more, just wondered why he wanted to be there and if he had any cunning plans in mind what to do in there... the internals are a fascinating thing, I can't claim to understand more than like 1% of that code!
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