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.
Larry WallPerl was designed to work more like a natural language. It's a little more complicated but there are more shortcuts, and once you learned the language, it's more expressive.
Larry WallThis job of playing God is a little too big for me. Nevertheless, someone has to do it, so I'll try my best to fake it.
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