Maybe we should take a clue from FTP and put in an option like 'print hash marks on every 1024 iterations'.
We're really serious about reinventing everything that needs reinventing.
Just because you're into control doesn't mean you're in control.
I'm a great believer in visual distinctions.
Perl doesn't have an infatuation with enforced privacy. It would prefer that you stayed out of its living room because you weren't invited, not because it has a shotgun
Human languages tend to be much more ambiguous than computer languages because humans are much smarter about interpreting the context.