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Re:Larry Wall Unveils Perl 6.0.0 by atemerev on Tuesday October 06, 2015 @06:21PM (#10342829)
Some languages are for earning your daily bread (like Java, or Objective-C). Some, like Haskell, are for intellectual pursuits.

Perl is for poetry. For seeing the impossible and going back.

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Re:Larry Wall Unveils Perl 6.0.0 by rendambathu on Wednesday October 07, 2015 @02:37AM (#10344524)
You Sir, have the heart of a Poet!
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Re:Larry Wall Unveils Perl 6.0.0 by rbanffy on Wednesday October 07, 2015 @10:23AM (#10346165)
Code is executable poetry. It moves the hearts of computers.
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Re:Larry Wall Unveils Perl 6.0.0 by wiremine on Wednesday October 07, 2015 @08:43AM (#10345610)
One of the best summaries of Perl I've seen. Thanks!
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