The problem with using C++ ... is that there's already a strong tendency in the language to require you to know everything before you can do anything.

Although the Perl Slogan is There's More Than One Way to Do It, I hesitate to make 10 ways to do something.

Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris.

The choice of approaches could be made the responsibility of the programmer.

I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So, whatever it takes to give away my software and get it used, that's great.

It should be illegal to yell 'Y2K' in a crowded economy.

Information wants to be useful.