And besides, if Perl really takes off in the Windows space, I think the rest of us would just as soon have a double-agent within ActiveState.

Information doesn't want to be free. Information wants to be valuable.

If someone stinks, view it as a reason to help them, not a reason to avoid them.

There's a saying in the software design industry: "Good. Fast. Cheap. Pick two."

Perl is worse than Python because people wanted it worse.

If any ideology is so serious that you can't have fun while you're doing it, it's probably too serious.

I'd make people say 'use Fork;' if I thought I could get away with it.