Doing linear scans over an associative array is like trying to club someone to death with a loaded Uzi.
Must be a different Larry Wall. There are at least 137 of us in the U.S.
For me, writing is a love-hate relationship.
The young think they are immortal, and are determined to prove otherwise.
An initial underscore already conveys strong feelings of magicalness to a C programmer.
I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.