And I don't like doing silly things (except on purpose).

It's there as a sop to former Ada programmers.

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.

We are so Post-Modern that we don't realize how Post-Modern we are anymore.

There is, however, a strange, musty smell in the air that reminds me of something...hmm...yes...I've got it...there's a VMS nearby, or I'm a Blit.

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

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