perlmeditation cog On the upper-left corner of the Monastery, you see some random quotes. I would like to share with you my (somehow vague) thoughts on some of them: <ul> <li>XP is just a number... but of course people only realize that the moment they become Saints! It's called "enlightenment".</li> <readmore> <li>Welcome to the Monastery - It's one of the best things about this community: people will receive you with open arms :-) <li>Perl Monk, Perl Meditation. - Yep. 'F you're a monk, gotta meditate! Listen carefully and learn. I think that's part of the philosophy behind the Monastery. <li>Think about Loose Coupling - My personal opinion is that this has to do with modularity, but I may be wrong, because only today I was told of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupling">the meaning of "Coupling"</a> :-) And the <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/coupling/">first meaning</a> I was told of apparently involves sex :-\ (but the link is safe, so don't bother opening it) <li>There's more than one way to do things. - And the fact is that by doing something in a couple of ways (e.g., <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAPH">japh</a>'s), you get some more experience. You should follow this advice: experiment it another way (and she might like it, too). <li>laziness, impatience, and hubris - Oh yes, I'm lazy, impatient, and... er... what's the word I'm looking for? :-) Anyway, I think it is true that these really are virtues of a programmer. Regarding laziness, an expression arises to mind: "If you have a boring/hard task to do, give it someone lazy; he will find an easier way to do it". <li>Pathologically Eclectic Rubbish Lister - no comments :-) <li>Perl Sensitive Sunglasses - The truth is: I now see the world through Perl. Am I wearing those glasses? :-) <li>P is for Practical - Oh yes, baby! Practical! Oh yeah! :-D (we apologize for the interruption) <li>go ahead... be a heretic - I'll take it as this is somehow related to the <a href="http://london.pm.org">London Perl Mongers</a> (search for "Heretic People" <a href="http://london.pm.org/about/faq.html">here</a>) :-) <li>Keep It Simple, Stupid - This reminds me of <a href="http://perl.plover.com/">mjd</a>'s insults^W <a href="http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.lang.perl.misc/msg/b2f911d6d9c5cef2?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&safe=off">quotes</a> O:-) the word "retardo" comes to mind, as well as the sentence "you are a stupid..." :-) I'm also reminded of when I was wondering why <code>if ( scalar ($first .. $last) < $max ) {}</code> didn't work, when a simple <code>if ($last - $first < $max) {}</code> would suffice (I hope I got the code right). <li>more useful options - What is this related to? Perl command line switches? More regex switches? :-) <li>good chemistry is complicated, and a little bit messy-LW ... you should see "bad" chemistry! <li>Just another Perl shrine... as if there were many :-) The ones I use the most are this one and <a href="http://use.perl.org/">use.Perl</a>. <li>Syntactic Confectionary Delight - Yep, Perl really is a delight, true eye-candy :-) You can almost taste it :-) <li>Your skill will accomplish what the force of many cannot - Here's a great aphorism: "If brute force fails, then you haven't used enough"... I'm not so sure of what to think of this :-) <li>Perl: the Markov chain saw - I know about Perl being a chain saw (and we do are a fearsome army, with our chainsaws), but I really don't know what that has to do with Markov... <a href="http://use.perl.org/~jjohn/">jjohn</a>'s fault, perhaps? </ul> I missed one :-) On purpose :-) I'll leave it to you to find out which and why :-)  </readmore>