As someone pointed out, you could have an attribute that says 'optimize the heck out of this routine', and your definition of heck would be a parameter to the optimizer.

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

I'm afraid my gut level reaction is basically, proceed is cute, but cute doesn't cut it in the emergency room.

Symmetry is overrated. Overrated is symmetry.

Younger hackers are hard to classify. They're probably just as diverse as the old hackers are. We're all over the map.

It's certainly easy to calculate the average attendance for Perl conferences.

There ain't nothin' in this world that's worth being a snot over.