The only reason [not to use] perl is that some sysadmins don't allow software that they didn't pay for. By all means, let them send me money if it makes them feel better.

One operator is no big deal. That can be fixed in a jiffy.

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

Orthogonality for orthogonality's sake is not something I'm keen on.

Laziness is a programmers main virtue.

I note that the Python folks still think they like JPython. I wonder how long that will last?

I just hope I'm never promoted to the level of my incontinence.