Perl doesn't have an infatuation with enforced privacy. It would prefer that you stayed out of its living room because you weren't invited, not because it has a shotgun

You can never entirely stop being what you once were. That's why it's important to be the right person today, and not put it off till tomorrow.

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

Let us be charitable, and call it a misleading feature.

What is the sound of Perl? Is it not the sound of a wall that people have stopped banging their heads against?

Human languages tend to be much more ambiguous than computer languages because humans are much smarter about interpreting the context.

Many days I don't write any code at all, and some days I spend all day writing code.