The way I see it, if you declare something portable, you'll always be wrong, and if you declare it non-portable, you'll always be right.

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

Laziness is a programmers main virtue.

Let's say the docs present a simplified view of reality.

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

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

It's easier to make up sayings people like to hear than sayings they like to heed.