I don't believe I've ever cuddled my elses.
What is the sound of Perl? Is it not the sound of a wall that people have stopped banging their heads against?
For the sake of argument I'll ignore all your fighting words.
And don't tell me there isn't one bit of difference between null and space, because that's exactly how much difference there is.
Just don't create a file called '-rf.'
I think software patents are a bad idea. Many patents are given for trivial inventions.