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I think Perl ruined me as a programmer is fun. In this excellent discussion there's a digression to the tune of "The $ symbols in BASIC were what made us smile on Perl when it came along.."

This is rather funny, I thought. Why is it so funny? Well because I've been through a small portion of what he talks about with XS and Inline (used Swig once as well but never 'in anger'). The more suffering you've done the funnier you might find this. And there are many who've suffered far greater agonies than I.