The First Letter of Erudil to the Monasterians |
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1Erudil, a hacker of Perl,
To Vroom, the saints, and all the dwellers of the Monastery: 2Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance. 3It is now a little more than two years since I joined this community of believers in Perl, and my appreciation of this place and its custodians and members continues to grow. 4Brothers and sisters, I beseech you to continue fighting the good fight, showing patience and understanding to those who come to the gates of our blessed Monastery, bereft of clues and ignorant of our ways. 5Do not rebuke them with harsh words such as "RTFM", but rather lead them gently - with URLs - so that they may learn wisdom. 6Suffer the newbies to come unto us, instructing them of the many truths contained within the good book. 7For who among us has never been in a state of error or ignorance?
8Consider carefully the following: |
13Blessed are they that understand regexs, for they shall waste no time trying to parse HTML. 14Blessed are you, when "they" insult you and ridicule you, and speak all manner of evil against you for using Perl, for great will be your reward when your project is finished in less time, and with less effort. 15If there are those who refuse to accept our wonderful message, do not allow them to draw you into a fruitless flame war, and thereby bring disrepute upon yourselves and our Monastery. 16Remember well: "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?". 17If this is an area of weakness for you, as it is for me, then I would encourage you, my fellow Monasterians, to consider a vow of silence as I have done, speaking rarely and with words carefully chosen to edify and inform.a 18Brothers and sisters, I commend you once again for restoring my faith in the idea of a viable, on-line community. And now, 19May your syntax always be correct and your algorithms efficient. 20May your references point to good data, and may you grow in the knowledge and understanding of our beloved language, Perl. 21Amen and amen. |
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a 17 Some early manuscripts do not have verse 17 |
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Re: 1st Monasterians
by japhy (Canon) on Mar 06, 2002 at 12:43 UTC | |
by PhilHibbs (Hermit) on Sep 17, 2003 at 13:51 UTC | |
Re: 1st Monasterians
by gmax (Abbot) on Mar 06, 2002 at 08:43 UTC | |
Re: 1st Monasterians (ybiC 13:45-46)
by ybiC (Prior) on Mar 06, 2002 at 13:52 UTC | |
Re: 1st Monasterians
by Biker (Priest) on Mar 06, 2002 at 08:34 UTC | |
Re: 1st Monasterians
by newrisedesigns (Curate) on Mar 06, 2002 at 10:08 UTC | |
Re: 1st Monasterians
by McD (Chaplain) on Mar 06, 2002 at 10:21 UTC | |
Re: 1st Monasterians
by tjh (Curate) on Mar 06, 2002 at 18:14 UTC | |
Re: 1st Monasterians
by nefertari (Chaplain) on Mar 08, 2002 at 04:58 UTC | |
Re: 1st Monasterians
by Joost (Canon) on Dec 18, 2003 at 19:46 UTC | |
by Cyrnus (Monk) on Jul 31, 2005 at 16:09 UTC | |
Re: 1st Monasterians
by LazerRed (Pilgrim) on Jun 24, 2003 at 20:17 UTC | |
Re: 1st Monasterians
by weini (Friar) on Mar 07, 2002 at 06:33 UTC | |
Re: 1st Monasterians
by choeppner (Pilgrim) on Jul 22, 2002 at 00:49 UTC | |
Re: 1st Monasterians
by disciple (Pilgrim) on Sep 15, 2002 at 21:25 UTC | |
Re: 1st Monasterians (use CGI)
by Anonymous Monk on Mar 10, 2017 at 12:04 UTC | |
by Anonymous Monk on Mar 11, 2017 at 04:36 UTC |