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.

I think the way IBM has embraced the open source philosophy has been quite astonishing, but gratifying. I hope they'll do very well with it.

The problem with using C++ ... is that there's already a strong tendency in the language to require you to know everything before you can do anything.

Let's say the docs present a simplified view of reality.

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

I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So, whatever it takes to give away my software and get it used, that's great.

True greatness is measured by how much freedom you give to others, not by how much you can coerce others to do what you want.