Many computer scientists have fallen into the trap of trying to define languages like George Orwell's Newspeak, in which it is impossible to think bad thoughts. What they end up doing is killing the creativity of programming.

There's a saying in the software design industry: "Good. Fast. Cheap. Pick two."

Accidental stacks considered harmful.

I'm definitely a night owl. I get going about the time my wife crashes and goes to bed. And in some sense, I've had to learn to be more of a cat napper in recent years because Perl development, Perl design and development, has become a worldwide phenomenon - not just mailing lists, but RSC channels, Twitter even. This all happens 24 hours a day. And people come up with questions at any time of the day or night.

Though I'll admit readability suffers slightly.

The choice of approaches could be made the responsibility of the programmer.

If you and I always agree, then one of us is redundant.