The purpose of most computer languages is to lengthen your resume by a word and a comma.
But you have to allow a little for the desire to evangelize when you think you have good news.
You can't have filenames longer than 14 chars. You can't even think about them!
I think I'm likely to be certified before Perl is.
"Lurking" is one metaphor that the Omniscience has allowed us to borrow.
Being famous has its benefits, but fame isn't one of them.