Quote #207 Lisp has all the visual appeal of oatmeal with fingernail clippings mixed in.

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• Quote #206 Perl IS a psychological study. -
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• Quote #25 "The three principal virtues of a programmer are Laziness,
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• Quote #424 "Usenet is essentially Letters to the Editor without the editor.
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• Quote #545 Down that path lies madness. On the other hand,
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• Quote #356 "Larry Wall should be shot. Along with Bill Joy and Eric Allman." -
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• Quote #431 "I don't like your I-can-use-anything-as-an-adjective attitude." -
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• Rumour has it that Larry Wall, author of readnews,
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• We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise.
  Larry...