It won't be covered in the book. The source code has to be useful for something, after all.

For me, writing is a love-hate relationship.

The way I see it, if you declare something portable, you'll always be wrong, and if you declare it non-portable, you'll always be right.

Perl is worse than Python because people wanted it worse.

Some of modern engineering is necessary to good art. But I think of myself is a cultural artist.

I try not to confuse roles and traits in my own life. Being the Perl god is a role. Being a stubborn cuss is a trait.

Sometimes I wish I could put an expiration date on my quotes.