Magically turning people's old scalar contexts into list contexts is a recipe for several kinds of disaster.
Larry Wall
Source: Wikipedia
I want people to use Perl. I want to be a positive ingredient of the world and make my American history. So, whatever it takes to give away my software and get it used, that's great.
people history
One of the very basic ideas of Post-Modernism is rejection of arbitrary power structures. Different people are sensitive to different kinds of power structures.
people power
(To someone at New York University) If you consistently take an antagonistic approach, however, people are going to start thinking you're from New York. : -)
people
What is the sound of Perl? Is it not the sound of a wall that people have stopped banging their heads against?
sound people
I want to see people using Perl to glue things together creatively, not just technically but also socially.
We didn't put in ^^ because then we'd have to keep telling people what it means, and then we'd have to keep telling them why it doesn't short circuit. : -/
Real theology is always rather shocking to people who already think they know what they think. I'm still shocked myself. : -)
P.S. I suppose I really should be nicer to people today, considering I'll be singing in Billy Graham's choir tonight.. : -)
disaster people
Not that I'm against sneaking some notions into people's heads upon occasion.
People who understand context would be steamed to have someone else dictating how they can call it.
There's some entertainment value in watching people juggle nitroglycerin.
Well, you know, Hubbard had a bunch of people sworn to commit suicide when he died. So of course he never officially died..
I'd make people say 'use Fork; ' if I thought I could get away with it.
So please don't think I have a 'down' on the MVS people. I'm just pulling off their arms to beat other people over the head with.
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