poem
stephen
<P>Granted, this is not Perl poetry, but it seemed the best place to put it... a little song parody inspired by the [id://158886|recent battles]...</P>
<P>To the tune of "Mystery Science Theater 3000":</P>
<I><p>In the not too distant future<br>
Next Sunday, AD<br>
There was a place called PerlMonks<br>
It was a perl community...</p>
<p>
Their motto was, "It's all in fun,<br>
There's more than one way it can be done!"<br>
They did a good job helping newbies code<br>
Until holy wars erupted, then the whole place would explode!</p>
<p>"We'll indent using spaces!"<br>
"No! Tabs! Before each line!" (la-la-la)<br>
Till each monk thinks that their own style<br>
Is the best one of all time...
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<p>Now keep in mind that perl won't care<br>
Where the whitespace begins or ends<br>
We're all trying to keep our sanity<br>
With the help of our pragma friends...</p>
<p><i>Code Tool Roll Call</i><br>
warnings! ("Are you SURE?")<br>
objects! ("I'm not a hashtable!")<br>
Perl-Tidy! ("Cleanup time!")<br>
striiiiiiict! ("Don't DO that!")<br></p>
<p>If you're arguing where to curly brace<br>
And other format facts,<br>
Please repeat to yourself, "It's just whitespace,<br>
I should really just relax..."
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stephen
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