Re: Nostradamus Five Year Node Reputation Prophecy Expires Today!

[eyepopslikeamosquito]

In February 1991 ... a module system borrowed from Modula-3 was added to Python

-- from the History of Python

As far as I'm aware, nobody has ever attempted to mine the prophecies of Nostradamus for Perl or Perl Monk references. So I felt I had to try at least.

Though searching for "Perl" and "Pearl" in the quatrains came up dry, there were quite a few references to "monk" and "Wall", with just one mentioning both:

VI:73
In a great city a monk and artisan,
Lodged near the gate and walls,
Secret speaking emptily against Modena,
Betrayed for acting under the guise of nuptials.

It was clever of Nostradamus to use "Modena" because that word can refer both to Modula-3 and the Perl Module system. I therefore deduce that this one is referring to Larry Wall borrowing ideas from Modula-3 and the Python module system when "marrying" modules to Perl 5 in 1994, the word "nuptials" clearly referring to the marriage of Modula-3 and the Python module system to Perl 5.

By combining "nuptials" with "a monk and artisan", Nostradamus further accurately predicted the marriage of Perl to monks and artisans, thus forming the Perl Monks web site in 1999!

I found this one interesting:

C10:Q89
The walls will be converted from brick to marble,
Seven and fifty pacific years:
Joy to mortals, the aqueduct renewed,
Health, abundance of fruits, joy and mellifluous times.

It's obvious here that Nostradamus is referring to Larry Wall in the first line above. Curiously, it predicts -- via from brick to marble seven and fifty pacific years -- that developing Perl 7 will take fifty years, but when finished will deliver health, joy, harmony, and an abundance of fruit!