Information doesn't want to be free. Information wants to be valuable.

In general, they do what you want, unless you want consistency.

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.

Just don't create a file called '-rf.'

Just because you're into control doesn't mean you're in control.

It is my job in life to travel all roads, so that some may take the road less travelled, and others the road more travelled, and all have a pleasant day.

When they first built the University of California at Irvine they just put the buildings in. They did not put any sidewalks, they just planted grass. The next year, they came back and put the sidewalks where the trails were in the grass. Perl is just that kind of language. It is not designed from first principles. Perl is those sidewalks in the grass.