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in reply to Quest: Compiling aphorisms
- Have you ever stopped to consider that what is crashing
your Perl is sitting between the keyboard and chair?
Sherm Pendley in clpmisc, "Re: Perl IDE" (edited)
- No one can ever predict all of the possible error conditions, of course;
as soon as we write idiot-proof code, along comes a better idiot.
But it's still worth making the attempt.
Sherm Pendley in clpmisc (edited)
- "a few lines of code" and "prevent it from being insecure" should
not appear in the same sentence.
Tad McClellan in clpmisc, "Re: free source for bbs"
- It's also amazing how much use Larry's getting out of his colon. (The
character, obviously).
"The Perl 6 Summarizer".
- And: Every book which has a title that promises you to learn something in
x weeks, day or even hours is lying.
Tore Aursand in clpmisc, "Re: wow...jackpot."
- Nevertheless, any resemblance between the Perl design process and
bouncing down stairs is entirely coincidental. (I hope.)
Larry Wall in p6l
- Larry's First Law of Language Redesign: Everyone wants the colon.
Larry Wall, "Synopsis 1 draft 1"
- My assertion that we can do better with computer languages is a
persistent belief and fond hope, but you'll note I don't actually
claim to be either rational or right. Except when it's convenient. :-)
Larry Wall in p6l, "Re: Containers vs Objects."
- Nope. I used to think RPN was completely unnatural. Then I started
learning Japanese, and now I not so sure am. :-)
Larry Wall in p6l.
- Of course *most* users aren't going to do that. *Most* users aren't
trying to hack your site! You don't program securely for *most* users -
you program securely for the few users who *are* trying to be malevolent.
Paul Lalli in clpmisc, "Re: free source authentication script"
- He "steals".
You "reuse".
I "enhance the value of".
"Alex" on comp.lang.perl.misc (slightly edited)
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