Human languages tend to be much more ambiguous than computer languages because humans are much smarter about interpreting the context.

I don't believe I've ever cuddled my elses.

So please don't think I have a 'down' on the MVS people. I'm just pulling off their arms to beat other people over the head with.

Although the Perl Slogan is There's More Than One Way to Do It, I hesitate to make 10 ways to do something.

Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.

Perhaps you should compile your Perl with long doubles one of these megaseconds.

Historically speaking, the presence of wheels in Unix has never precluded their reinvention.