Perl is an act of love

The always-great Clay Shirky talks about the power of communities, and uses Perl and comp.lang.perl.misc as examples. "Perl is a Shinto shrine. Perl is an act of love." he says, and I can't disagree.

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This page contains a single entry by Andy Lester published on July 16, 2008 4:02 PM.

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