Real programmers can write assembly code in any language.

As pointed out in a followup, Real Perl Programmers prefer things to be visually distinct.

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.

I've decided I don't want to be a manager. Every time you try to be responsive to your employees, they say you're being reactive and not proactive. And when you try to be proactive, they accuse you of being capricious and arbitrary. So I don't wanna be a manager.

Over the long term, symbiosis is more useful than parasitism. More fun, too. Ask any mitochondria.

When I announced the development of Perl 6, I said it was going to be a community design. I designed Perl, myself. It's limited by my own brain power. So I wanted Perl 6 to be a community design.

Now, I'm not the only language designer with irrationalities. You can think of some languages to go with some of these things.