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mynameishere on Aug 13, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Larry Wall on why he wrote Perl

This guy's apparent jokey lunacy is what always kept me away from Perl. The camel book--my god, if I want a laugh I'll buy Al Franken's latest.

dkuder on Aug 13, 2012 | [–]

Like http://www.thepoliticalguide.com/Profiles/Senate/Minnesota/A...

Lots of chuckles there. But you don't have to buy them, they are free.

arthurrr on Aug 14, 2012 | [–]

His jokey lunacy is what I like. It takes a bit of intelligence to have a sense of humor

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